Functional organization of human posterior parietal cortex: Grasping- and reaching-related activations relative to topographically organized cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2897-2908

  Konen, Christina S ^a   Mruczek, Ryan E B ^a   Montoya, Jessica L ^a   Kastner, Sabine ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Intraparietal sulcus; Prehension; Superior parietal lobule

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CENTRAL SULCUS; COORDINATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRASPING; HAND; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAPARIETAL SULCUS; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POSTCENTRAL SULCUS; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; PRECUNEUS; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACHING; SUPERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; TOPOGRAPHY;

FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; INTRAPARIETAL SULCUS; PREHENSION; SUPERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOVEMENT; PARIETAL LOBE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84879174241     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00657.2012     Document Type: Article

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