Neuronal activity reflecting progression of trials in the pre-supplementary motor area of macaque monkey: An expression of neuronal flexibility

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 506, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-38

  Lucchetti, Cristina ^a   Lanzilotto, Marco ^a,c   Perciavalle, Vincenzo ^b   Bon, Leopoldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Monkey; Motor instruction; Neuronal flexibility; Pre SMA; Trials progression

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; EYELID REFLEX; HAPLORHINI; MACACA; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRE SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARM; ATTENTION; BLINKING; FIXATION, OCULAR; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84855192301     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.10.043     Document Type: Article

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