Temporal evolution and strength of neural activity in parietal cortex during eye and hand movements

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1350-1363

  Battaglia Mayer, Alexandra ^a   Mascaro, Massimo ^a   Caminiti, Roberto ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eye hand coordination; Eye hand temporal coupling; Inferior parietal lobule; Onset time of neural activity; Reaching; Superior parietal lobule

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; HAND MOVEMENT; INFORMATION; LOCOMOTION; MEMORY; MONKEY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HAND; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; INNERVATION; MACACA; NERVE CELL; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL FIELD;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EYE MOVEMENTS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; MACACA MULATTA; MEMORY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; NEURONS; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 34347255388     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhl046     Document Type: Article

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