Coherence between motor cortical activity and peripheral discontinuities during slow finger movements

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1296-1309

  Williams, Elizabeth R ^a   Soteropoulos, Demetris S ^a   Baker, Stuart N ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGER; FLEXOR REFLEX; MACACA; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR CORTEX; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGERS; LINEAR MODELS; MACACA MULATTA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 68149166416     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.90996.2008     Document Type: Article

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