Motor directional tuning across brain areas: Directional resonance and the role of inhibition for directional accuracy

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volumn , Issue APR 2013, 2013, Pages

  Mahan, Margaret Y ^a   Georgopoulos, Apostolos P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Directional precision; Inhibitory mechanisms; Motor directional tuning; Motor resonance; Movement direction

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR DIRECTIONAL TUNING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEUROSCIENCE; PREDICTION; SYNAPSE; THALAMUS;

EID: 84876926938     PISSN: 16625110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2013.00092     Document Type: Article

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