Arm movements induced by electrical microstimulation in the superior colliculus of the macaque monkey

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3350-3363

  Philipp, Roland ^a,b   Hoffmann, Klaus Peter ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrical microstimulation; Forelimb movement; Midbrain; Nonhuman primate; Reticular formation; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICAL MICROSTIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EYE MOVEMENT; GAZE; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE TWITCH; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULAR FORMATION; RHESUS MONKEY; SPINAL CORD; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ELECTRICAL MICROSTIMULATION; FORELIMB MOVEMENT; MIDBRAIN; NONHUMAN PRIMATE; RETICULAR FORMATION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ARM; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MOVEMENT; NEURONS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; VIBRISSAE; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84894495644     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0443-13.2014     Document Type: Article

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