Preferential relation of pallidal neurons to ballistic movements.
The activity of single globus pallidus neurons was recorded in monkeys trained to perform 5 different wrist movement tasks that were designed to dissociate several modes of movement. Most neurons had activity changes related to visually guided movements and not to self-paced movements. The greatest activity changes were seen during prompt, ballistic, step-tracking movements and several neurons were related only to ballistic movements.
D000818:Animals; D005917:Globus Pallidus / Q000502:physiology*; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology; D009068:Movement; D009474:Neurons / Q000145:classification / Q000502:physiology*; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D014953:Wrist / Q000294:innervation / Q000502:physiology*