Reciprocity between the cerebellum and the cerebral cortex: Nonlinear dynamics in microscopic modules for generating voluntary motor commands

Complexity

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 29-45

  Wang, Jun ^a   Dam, Gregory ^b   Yildirim, Sule ^c   Rand, William ^b   Wilensky, Uri ^b   Houk, James C ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling; Cerebellum; Equilibrium point control; Motor command; Motor cortex; Movement; Neural network; Nonlinear dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 60749102722     PISSN: 10762787     EISSN: 10990526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cplx.20241     Document Type: Article

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