Neuronal synchronization in human parietal cortex during saccade planning

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 329-335

  Van Der Werf, J ^a   Buchholz, V N ^a   Jensen, O ^a   Medendorp, W P ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gamma band; Human; MEG; Oscillations; Parietal cortex; Saccade; Sensorimotor

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MONKEY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; HUMANS; NEURONS; PARIETAL LOBE; PERIODICITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SACCADES;

EID: 70349774361     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.06.011     Document Type: Review

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