Progress in understanding spatial coordinate systems in the primate brain

Publication Year
2006

Type

Journal Article
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.
Journal
Neuron
Volume
51
Issue
1
Pages
7-9
ISSN Number
0896-6273
Alternate Journal
Neuron
PMID
16815326
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