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Science 2 February 1979:
Vol. 203. no. 4379, pp. 465 - 467
DOI: 10.1126/science.104385
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Science, Vol 203, Issue 4379, 465-467
Copyright © 1979 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Electromagnetic muscle stretch strongly excites sensorimotor cortex neurons in behaving primates

Wolpaw JR

Responses of single units in primary motor and sensory cortex of behaving primates to electromagnetic stretch of the muscle flexor carpi ulnaris are comparable in latency and intensity to responses to wrist extension. Thus, muscle stretch appears to be a major factor in cortical response to limb displacement during performance and probably has an important role in motor control at the cortical level.




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