Primary motor cortex neurons during individuated finger and wrist movements: Correlation of spike firing rates with the motion of individual digits versus their principal components

Frontiers in Neurology

Volumn 5 MAY, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Kirsch, Evan ^a   Rivlis, Gil ^b,c   Schieber, Marc H ^a,b,c  

^a University of Rochester   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortico motoneuronal; Electromyography; Hand; Joint angle; Kinematic synergy; Principal component; Spike triggered average

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL POPULATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FINGER; HAND MOVEMENT; HAPLORHINI; KINEMATICS; MAXIMAL ABSOLUTE CROSS-CORRELATION; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPIKE; WRIST;

EID: 84904439973     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2014.00070     Document Type: Article

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