A contribution of area 5 of the posterior parietal cortex to the planning of visually guided locomotion: Limb-specific and limb-independent effects

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 986-1006

  Andujar, Jacques Étienne ^a   Lajoie, Kim ^a   Drew, Trevor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CAT; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORELIMB; GAIT; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREADMILL; VISION;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; CATS; EXTREMITIES; GAIT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NERVE NET; PARIETAL LOBE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 76649099152     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00912.2009     Document Type: Article

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