Complex movement topography and extrinsic space representation in the rat forelimb motor cortex as defined by long-duration intracortical microstimulation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2097-2107

  Bonazzi, Laura ^a   Viaro, Riccardo ^a,b   Lodi, Enrico ^a   Canto, Rosario ^b   Bonifazzi, Claudio ^a   Franchi, Gianfranco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ADDUCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; ELECTROSTIMULATION; KINEMATICS; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR UNIT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VELOCITY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FORELIMB; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84873031678     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3454-12.2013     Document Type: Article

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