Stimulus-locked responses on human arm muscles reveal a rapid neural pathway linking visual input to arm motor output

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1049-1057

  Andrew Pruszynski, J ^a   King, Geoffrey L ^a   Boisse, Lysa ^a,b   Scott, Stephen H ^a,b   Randall Flanagan, J ^a,b   Munoz, Douglas P ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

limb motor control; movement initiation; online correction; tecto reticulo spinal pathway

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; NECK MUSCLE; NERVE TRACT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; ARM; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956830486     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07380.x     Document Type: Article

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