Sensorimotor neural dynamics during isochronous tapping in the medial premotor cortex of the macaque

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 586-602

  Merchant, Hugo ^a   Pérez, Oswaldo ^a   Bartolo, Ramón ^a   Méndez, Juan Carlos ^a   Mendoza, Germán ^a   Gámez, Jorge ^a   Yc, Karyna ^a   Prado, Luis ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE NEUROBIOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Medial premotor areas; Rhesus monkeys; Sensorimotor integration; Timing mechanism

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; ISOCHRONOUS TAPPING; LATENT PERIOD; MACACA; MALE; MEDIAL PREMOTOR CORTEX; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL; NEUROLOGICAL AND SENSORIAL PROCEDURES; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY DRIVEN NEURON; SENSORY NERVE CELL; STIMULUS PREDICTING NEURON; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; HEARING; MOTOR CORTEX; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RHESUS MONKEY; VISION;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; REACTION TIME; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84908418931     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12811     Document Type: Article

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