Motor control: basic units of cortical output?
Observing movement evoked by stimulating a single cortical neuron has proven technically impossible - until now. A new study using intracellular stimulation has revealed that the basic unit of cortical output is not necessarily basic.
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Marc H
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University of Rochester Medical Center, Department of Neurology, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, New York 14642, USA. mhs@cvs.rochester.edu
D000818:Animals; D004525:Efferent Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D019054:Evoked Potentials, Motor; D008322:Mammals / Q000502:physiology*; D009044:Motor Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D009132:Muscles / Q000294:innervation*