Fast oscillatory commands from the motor cortex can be decoded by the spinal cord for force control

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 40, 2015, Pages 13687-13697

  Watanabe, Renato N ^a   Kohn, Andre F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Conductance based model; Cortical oscillation; Force control; Motoneuron; Motor control; Simulation

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; ACTION POTENTIAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; MOTONEURON; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84944088811     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1950-15.2015     Document Type: Article

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