Area 2 of primary somatosensory cortex encodes kinematics of the whole arm

Proprioception, the sense of body position, movement, and associated forces, remains poorly understood, despite its critical role in movement. Most studies of area 2, a proprioceptive area of somatosensory cortex, have simply compared neurons’ activities to the movement of the hand through space. Us...

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Main Authors: Raeed H Chowdhury, Joshua I Glaser, Lee E Miller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2020-01-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/48198