Coordinate transformation is first completed downstream of primary motor cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1728-1732

  Yanai, Yuval ^a   Adamit, Nofya ^a   Israel, Zvi ^b   Harel, Ran ^c   Prut, Yifat ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coordinate frames; Directional tuning; EMG; Motor control; Motor cortex; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERNEURON; MONKEY; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; TASK PERFORMANCE; ANIMAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MACACA; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; WRIST;

ANIMALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; INTERNEURONS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; PRONATION; SPINAL CORD; SUPINATION; WRIST;

EID: 39549104051     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4662-07.2008     Document Type: Article

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