Transformation of a virtual action plan into a motor plan in the premotor cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 41, 2008, Pages 10287-10297

  Nakayama, Yoshihisa ^a   Yamagata, Tomoko ^a   Tanji, Jun ^a   Hoshi, Eiji ^a  

^a TAMAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Frontal; Macaque; Motor control; Motor cortex; Premotor; Sensorimotor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MONKEY; MOTONEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIRTUAL REALITY; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; CONDITIONING; CYTOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; EYE FIXATION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MACACA; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MACACA; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 55249092539     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2372-08.2008     Document Type: Article

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