Participation of primary motor cortical neurons in a distributed network during maze solution: Representation of spatial parameters and time-course comparison with parietal area 7a

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 28-34

  Crowe, David A ^a,b   Chafee, Matthew V ^a,b   Averbeck, Bruno B ^a,b   Georgopoulos, Apostolos P ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Area 7a; Maze solving; Motor cortex; Spatial cognition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CELL ACTIVITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MACACA; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ARM; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENTS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE NET; NEURONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 4444346461     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-004-1876-3     Document Type: Article

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