Subcortical neuronal ensembles: An analysis of motor task association, tremor, oscillations, and synchrony in human patients

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 25, 2012, Pages 8620-8632

  Hanson, Timothy L ^a,b   Fuller, Andrew M ^b,c   Lebedev, Mikhail A ^a,b   Turner, Dennis A ^a,d   Nicolelis, Miguel A L ^a,b,c,e  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Duke University   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Edmond and Lily Safra International Institute of Neuroscience of Natal   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEUROMODULATION; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SPIKE WAVE; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS POSTERIOR NUCLEUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; TRAINING; TREMOR;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; NERVE NET; NEURONS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS; TREMOR;

EID: 84862849267     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0750-12.2012     Document Type: Article

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