Processing of Multi-dimensional Sensorimotor Information in the Spinal and Cerebellar Neuronal Circuitry: A New Hypothesis

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Spanne, Anton ^a   Jörntell, Henrik ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; FUNCTIONS; GRANULATION; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; TIMING CIRCUITS;

CEREBELLAR CORTEX; COMMAND SIGNAL; GRANULE CELLS; LINEAR PROJECTIONS; MOTOR COMMANDS; MULTI DIMENSIONAL; NEURONAL CIRCUITRIES; SENSORIMOTORS; SENSORY MOTORS; SENSORY SIGNALS;

NEURONS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BODY MOVEMENT; CELL FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; GOLGI COMPLEX; GRANULE CELL; HYPOTHESIS; LIMB MOVEMENT; MOTOR COORDINATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE PROJECTION; PURKINJE CELL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPINOCEREBELLAR TRACT;

EID: 84875977238     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002979     Document Type: Article

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