Stability of output effects from motor cortex to forelimb muscles in primates

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1915-1927

  Griffin, Darcy M ^a   Hudson, Heather M ^a   Belhaj Saïf, Abderraouf ^a,b   Cheney, Paul D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cortex; EMG; Microstimulation; Monkey; Motor; Muscle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARM; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACILITATION; FORELIMB; ISOMETRICS; JOINT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SHOULDER; STIMULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WRIST;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 60849116426     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4831-08.2009     Document Type: Article

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