Ramping activity is a cortical mechanism of temporal control of action

Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue , 2016, Pages 226-230

  Narayanan, Nandakumar S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FIRING RATE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; LATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MEDIAL FRONTAL CORTEX; MOTOR CONTROL; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RAMPING ACTIVITY; REVIEW; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84959329025     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23521546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2016.02.017     Document Type: Review

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