Neural activity in frontal cortical cell layers: Evidence for columnar sensorimotor processing

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1507-1521

  Opris, Ioan ^b   Hampson, Robert E ^a   Stanford, Terrence R ^a   Gerhardt, Greg A ^c   Deadwyler, Sam A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FRONTAL CORTEX; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FRONTAL LOBE; MACACA MULATTA; NEURONS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 79953675739     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2010.21534     Document Type: Article

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