Gamma-band activity in human posterior parietal cortex encodes the motor goal during delayed prosaccades and antisaccades

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 34, 2008, Pages 8397-8405

  Van Der Werf, Jurrian ^a,b   Jensen, Ole ^b   Fries, Pascal ^b,c   Medendorp, W Pieter ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Human; MEG; Oscillations; Parietal cortex; Saccade; Sensorimotor; Spatial updating

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; ASSOCIATION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OSCILLOMETRY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ADULT; CUES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GOALS; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OSCILLOMETRY; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; VISION;

EID: 51649086980     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0630-08.2008     Document Type: Article

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