Joint cross-correlation analysis reveals complex, time-dependent functional relationship between cortical neurons and arm electromyograms

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2865-2887

  Zhuang, Katie Z ^a   Lebedev, Mikhail A ^a,b   Nicolelis, Miguel A L ^a,b,c,d  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Edmond and Lily Safra International Institute for Neuroscience of Natal   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brain machine interface; Cross correlation; EMG; JPSTH; Macaque; Motoneuron; Motor cortex; Neural dynamics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARM MOVEMENT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; ANIMAL; ARM; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; INNERVATION; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REACTION TIME; RHESUS MONKEY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ARM; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS; REACTION TIME; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 84915820834     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00031.2013     Document Type: Article

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