Neural mechanisms of movement planning: motor cortex and beyond

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 49, Issue , 2018, Pages 33-41

  Svoboda, Karel ^a   Li, Nuo ^b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR LATERAL MOTOR CORTEX; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CORPUS STRIATUM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FRONTAL EYE FIELD; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; PARIETAL CORTEX; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REACTION TIME; REVIEW; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SUPPLEMENTAL MOTOR CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 85034434726     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2017.10.023     Document Type: Review

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