Beta oscillations in the monkey sensorimotor network reflect somatosensory decision making

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 26, 2011, Pages 10708-10713

  Haegens, Saskia ^a   Nácher, Verónica ^b   Hernández, Adrián ^b   Luna, Rogelio ^b   Jensen, Ole ^a   Romo, Ranulfo ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA CELULAR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; MACACA MULATTA; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; DECISION MAKING; MACACA MULATTA; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 79960589868     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1107297108     Document Type: Article

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