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