Statistical analysis of parieto-frontal cognitive-motor networks

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1911-1920

  Averbeck, Bruno B ^a   Battaglia Mayer, Alexandra ^b   Guglielmo, Carla ^b   Caminiti, Roberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITION; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITION; FRONTAL LOBE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PARIETAL LOBE;

EID: 70349270631     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00519.2009     Document Type: Article

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