Publication Date:
1982-08-27
Description:
Neural activity of the red nucleus was studied in monkeys trained to operate devices requiring shoulder, elbow, wrist, hand, or finger movements. Single cell activity was more closely related to movements of the hand and fingers than to movements of the other joints. Discharge consistently preceded movements by a constant time interval; duration of discharge was highly correlated with the duration of movement; and discharge rate was highly correlated with movement velocity. These data suggest a role for the rubrospinal pathway in the initiation and control of hand movements.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kohlerman, N J -- Gibson, A R -- Houk, J C -- 5-R01-NS14703/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1982 Aug 27;217(4562):857-60.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7100930" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Action Potentials
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Animals
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Electromyography
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Hand/*physiology
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Macaca fascicularis
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Macaca mulatta
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Male
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Movement
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Neural Conduction
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Neurons/physiology
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Red Nucleus/*physiology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
