Progress in understanding spatial coordinate systems in the primate brain

Michael S A Graziano

doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2006.06.011

Progress in understanding spatial coordinate systems in the primate brain

Neuron. 2006 Jul 6;51(1):7-9. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2006.06.011.

Author

Michael S A Graziano¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Psychology, Green Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA.

PMID: 16815326
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2006.06.011

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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MeSH terms

Action Potentials / physiology
Animals
Humans
Motor Cortex / anatomy & histology
Motor Cortex / physiology*
Movement / physiology
Neural Pathways / anatomy & histology
Neural Pathways / physiology*
Neurons / physiology*
Orientation / physiology*
Parietal Lobe / physiology
Psychomotor Performance / physiology
Space Perception / physiology*
Touch / physiology
Visual Cortex / anatomy & histology
Visual Cortex / physiology*