Cortical mechanisms involved in visuomotor coordination during precision walking

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 199-211

  Drew, Trevor ^a   Andujar, Jacques Etienne ^a   Lajoie, Kim ^a   Yakovenko, Sergiy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Motor control; Motor cortex; Posterior parietal cortex; Visuomotor

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FORELIMB; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; WALKING;

EID: 36749040246     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2007.07.017     Document Type: Review

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