Signaling of grasp dimension and grasp force in dorsal premotor cortex and primary motor cortex neurons during reach to grasp in the monkey

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 132-145

  Hendrix, Claudia M ^a   Mason, Carolyn R ^a   Ebner, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND MOVEMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; MONKEY; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND STRENGTH; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TOUCH;

EID: 67649612718     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00016.2009     Document Type: Article

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