Human cortical control of hand movements: Parietofrontal networks for reaching, grasping, and pointing

Neuroscientist

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 388-407

  Filimon, Flavia ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

grasping; hand movement; LIP; parietal reach region (PRR); pointing; posterior parietal cortex (PPC); premotor cortex; proprioception; reaching; saccade; sensorimotor

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; EFFECTOR CELL; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; FRONTAL CORTEX; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MACACA; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; EYE MOVEMENTS; FRONTAL LOBE; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MACACA; MOVEMENT; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PARIETAL LOBE;

EID: 77955403657     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: 10894098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858410375468     Document Type: Review

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