Output properties and organization of the forelimb representation of motor areas on the lateral aspect of the hemisphere in rhesus macaques

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 169-186

  Boudrias, Marie Hélène ^a,b   McPherson, Rebecca L ^a   Frost, Shawn B ^a   Cheney, Paul D ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corticospinal neurons; EMG; Forelimb; Frontal lobe; Motor control; Premotor areas; Primate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FORELIMB; HEMISPHERE; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FORELIMB; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REACTION TIME; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 72049129451     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhp084     Document Type: Article

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