Threshold position control signifies a common spatial frame of reference for motor action and kinesthesia

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 497-499

  Feldman, Anatol G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Action perception coupling; Efference copy; Gamma innervation; Motor control; Muscle spindles; Position sence; Spatial frames of reference

Indexed keywords

ALPHA NERVE FIBER; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GAMMA MOTONEURON; HUMAN; INNERVATION; KINESTHESIA; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION;

EID: 40849126789     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2007.12.002     Document Type: Note

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