Progress in understanding spatial coordinate systems in the primate brain.

Full Abstract

A new study in this issue of Neuron shows that when monkeys reach to a visual target, neurons in the dorsal premotor cortex compare the location of the target, the hand, and the point of visual fixation. The neurons therefore encode space through a combination of eye-centered and hand-centered coordinates.

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Author information

Author/s: Graziano, Michael S A (MS);

Affiliation: Department of Psychology, Green Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Comment; Journal Article; Review

Journal: Neuron (Neuron), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-Jul; vol 51 (issue 1) : pp 7-9

Dates: Created 2006/07/03; Completed 2006/08/31;

PMID: 16815326, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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Comments and Corrections

CommentOn: Neuron. 2006 Jul 6;51(1):125-34. (PMID: 16815337)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Action Potentials - physiology
Animals
Humans
Motor Cortex - anatomy & histology; physiology
Movement - physiology
Neural Pathways - anatomy & histology; physiology
Neurons - physiology

Neurons - physiology
Orientation - physiology
Parietal Lobe - physiology
Psychomotor Performance - physiology
Space Perception - physiology
Touch - physiology
Visual Cortex - anatomy & histology; physiology

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