Bilateral representation in the deep cerebellar nuclei

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 586, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1117-1136

  Soteropoulos, Demetris S ^a   Baker, Stuart N ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HAND MOVEMENT; INTERPOSITUS NUCLEUS; LATENT PERIOD; MICROELECTRODE; MONKEY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FORELIMB; PRECISION GRIP; RHESUS MONKEY; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND STRENGTH; MACACA MULATTA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 39449117387     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.144220     Document Type: Article

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