Motor Control: Basic Units of Cortical Output?
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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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عنوان ژورنال:
- Current Biology
دوره 14 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004