Neuronal activity in the postcentral cortex related to force regulation during a precision grip task.
Recordings from single neurons in the primary somatosensory cortex of the monkey during force regulation between the fingers showed following characteristics: the existence of classes of discharge patterns similar to those in motor cortex, but with differences in their distribution, a late onset of activity changes in relation to force increase and a linear relation to force, but with shallow mean rate-force slope.
D000818:Animals; D006225:Hand / Q000294:innervation; D007537:Isometric Contraction; D008252:Macaca fascicularis; D009132:Muscles / Q000294:innervation*; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D013003:Somatosensory Cortex / Q000502:physiology*