RAPID COMMUNICATION Combination of Hand and Gaze Signals During Reaching: Activity in Parietal Area 7m of the Monkey
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S. FERRAINA, P. B. JOHNSON, M. R. GARASTO, A. BATTAGLIA-MAYER, L. ERCOLANI, L. BIANCHI, F. LACQUANITI, AND R. CAMINITI Istituto di Fisiologia umana, Università di Roma ‘‘La Sapienza,’’ 00185 Rome, Italy; Division of Neurosurgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC 27710; Istituto Scientifico S. Lucia, Istituto di Neurofisiologia e Bioimmagini-Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, 00179 Rome, Italy; and Istituto di Fisiologia umana, Università di Cagliari, 09124 Cagliari Italy
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