Fields of gain in the brain

Neuron. 2009 Dec 10;64(5):598-600. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2009.11.022.

Abstract

For more than two decades, neuroscientists have debated the role of "gain fields" in sensorimotor transformations. In this issue of Neuron, Chang et al. demonstrate a tight correlation between eye and hand position gain fields in the "parietal reach region," strongly suggesting that they play a functional role in computing the reach command.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Eye / innervation
  • Hand / innervation
  • Humans
  • Movement / physiology*
  • Neurons / physiology
  • Parietal Lobe / cytology
  • Parietal Lobe / physiology*
  • Posture / physiology
  • Psychomotor Performance / physiology*
  • Visual Perception / physiology*