What drives corticospinal output?

F1000 Biology Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Lemon, Roger N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MOTONEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR SYSTEM; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REVIEW;

EID: 77955081819     PISSN: 17404118     EISSN: 1757594X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3410/B2-51     Document Type: Review

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