Responses of single corticospinal neurons to intracortical stimulation of primary motor and premotor cortex in the anesthetized macaque monkey

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2982-2998

  Maier, Marc A ^a,b   Kirkwood, Peter A ^c   Brochier, Thomas ^c,d   Lemon, Roger N ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Axon; Corticospinal; Monkey; Motor cortex

Indexed keywords

CHLORALOSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HISTOGRAM; LATENT PERIOD; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RHESUS MONKEY; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL;

AXON; CORTICOSPINAL; MONKEY; MOTOR CORTEX;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; ANIMALS; AXONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84879158276     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01080.2012     Document Type: Article

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