Motor command for precision grip in the macaque monkey can be mediated by spinal interneurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 122-126

  Alstermark, B ^a   Pettersson, L G ^b   Nishimura, Y ^c,d   Yoshino Saito, K ^c,d   Tsuboi, F ^c,e   Takahashi, M ^c,f   Isa, T ^c,d,e  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^e GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^f KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

C3 c4 propriospinal system; Corticomotoneuronal pathway; Digit movements

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INDEX FINGER; INTERNEURON; MACACA; MOTONEURON; MOTOR COMMAND; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRECISION GRIP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SWEET POTATO; THUMB;

ANIMALS; ARM; FEMALE; FINGERS; HAND STRENGTH; INTERNEURONS; MACACA; MOTOR NEURONS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 79959960244     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00089.2011     Document Type: Article

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