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Movement initiation and grasp representation in premotor and primary motor cortex mirror neurons by Jerjian, Steven Jack, Sahani, Maneesh, Kraskov, Alexander

“…Pyramidal tract neurons (PTNs) within macaque rostral ventral premotor cortex (F5) and (M1) provide direct input to spinal circuitry and are critical for…”
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Large identified pyramidal cells in macaque motor and premotor cortex exhibit "thin spikes": implications for cell type classification by Vigneswaran, Ganesh, Kraskov, Alexander, Lemon, Roger N

“…Recent studies have suggested that extracellular recordings of putative cortical interneurons have briefer spikes than those of pyramidal neurons, providing a…”
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Interactions between areas of the cortical grasping network by Davare, Marco, Kraskov, Alexander, Rothwell, John C, Lemon, Roger N

“…Highlights ► The anterior intraparietal area (AIP) is crucial for the processing of grasp-related object properties. ► AIP receives visual information about…”
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Influence of spiking activity on cortical local field potentials by Waldert, Stephan, Lemon, Roger N., Kraskov, Alexander

“…Key points •  The intra‐cortical local field potential (LFP) reflects a variety of electrophysiological processes and is a fundamental signal used to enhance…”
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Explicit Encoding of Multimodal Percepts by Single Neurons in the Human Brain by Quian Quiroga, Rodrigo, Kraskov, Alexander, Koch, Christof, Fried, Itzhak

“…Different pictures of Marilyn Monroe can evoke the same percept, even if greatly modified as in Andy Warhol's famous portraits. But how does the brain…”
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Latency and Selectivity of Single Neurons Indicate Hierarchical Processing in the Human Medial Temporal Lobe by Mormann, Florian, Kornblith, Simon, Quiroga, Rodrigo Quian, Kraskov, Alexander, Cerf, Moran, Fried, Itzhak, Koch, Christof

“…Neurons in the temporal lobe of both monkeys and humans show selective responses to classes of visual stimuli and even to specific individuals. In this study,…”
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Starting and stopping movement by the primate brain by Lemon, Roger, Kraskov, Alexander

“…We review the current knowledge about the part that motor cortex plays in the preparation and generation of movement, and we discuss the idea that…”
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Modulation of the Intracortical LFP during Action Execution and Observation by Waldert, Stephan, Vigneswaran, Ganesh, Philipp, Roland, Lemon, Roger N, Kraskov, Alexander

“…The activity of mirror neurons in macaque ventral premotor cortex (PMv) and primary motor cortex (M1) is modulated by the observation of another's movements…”
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On the predictability of epileptic seizures by Mormann, Florian, Kreuz, Thomas, Rieke, Christoph, Andrzejak, Ralph G., Kraskov, Alexander, David, Peter, Elger, Christian E., Lehnertz, Klaus

“…Objective: An important issue in epileptology is the question whether information extracted from the EEG of epilepsy patients can be used for the prediction of…”
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Sparse Representation in the Human Medial Temporal Lobe by Waydo, Stephen, Kraskov, Alexander, Quian Quiroga, Rodrigo, Fried, Itzhak, Koch, Christof

“…Recent experiments characterized individual neurons in the human medial temporal lobe with remarkably selective, invariant, and explicit responses to images of…”
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The activity of primary motor cortex corticospinal neurons during tool use by macaque monkeys by Quallo, Marsha M, Kraskov, Alexander, Lemon, Roger N

“…It has been suggested that the distinctive capacity of some nonhuman primates to use tools may reflect a well-developed corticospinal system and, in…”
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Object Selectivity of Local Field Potentials and Spikes in the Macaque Inferior Temporal Cortex by Kreiman, Gabriel, Hung, Chou P., Kraskov, Alexander, Quiroga, Rodrigo Quian, Poggio, Tomaso, DiCarlo, James J.

“…Local field potentials (LFPs) arise largely from dendritic activity over large brain regions and thus provide a measure of the input to and local processing…”
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Selectivity for Grasp in Local Field Potential and Single Neuron Activity Recorded Simultaneously from M1 and F5 in the Awake Macaque Monkey by Spinks, Rachel L, Kraskov, Alexander, Brochier, Thomas, Umilta, M. Alessandra, Lemon, Roger N

“…The selectivity for object-specific grasp in local field potentials (LFPs) was investigated in two awake macaque monkeys trained to observe, reach out, grasp…”
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Monte Carlo Algorithm for Least Dependent Non-Negative Mixture Decomposition by Astakhov, Sergey A, Stögbauer, Harald, Kraskov, Alexander, Grassberger, Peter

“…We propose a simulated annealing algorithm (stochastic non-negative independent component analysis, SNICA) for blind decomposition of linear mixtures of…”
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The Corticospinal Discrepancy: Where are all the Slow Pyramidal Tract Neurons? by Kraskov, Alexander, Baker, Stuart, Soteropoulos, Demetris, Kirkwood, Peter, Lemon, Roger

“…This feature article focuses on the discrepancy between the distribution of axon diameters within the primate corticospinal tract, determined…”
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The role of inhibition in action observation treatment by KRASKOV, ALEXANDER

“…This commentary is on the original article by Buccino et al. on pages 822‐828 of this issue…”
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Classification of Cortical Neurons by Spike Shape and the Identification of Pyramidal Neurons by Lemon, Roger N, Baker, Stuart N, Kraskov, Alexander

“…Abstract Many investigators who make extracellular recordings from populations of cortical neurons are now using spike shape parameters, and particularly spike…”
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M1 Corticospinal Mirror Neurons and Their Role in Movement Suppression during Action Observation by Vigneswaran, Ganesh, Philipp, Roland, Lemon, Roger N., Kraskov, Alexander

“…Evidence is accumulating that neurons in primary motor cortex (M1) respond during action observation [1, 2], a property first shown for mirror neurons in…”
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Estimating mutual information by Kraskov, Alexander, Stögbauer, Harald, Grassberger, Peter

“…We present two classes of improved estimators for mutual information M(X,Y), from samples of random points distributed according to some joint probability…”
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Corticospinal Neurons in Macaque Ventral Premotor Cortex with Mirror Properties: A Potential Mechanism for Action Suppression? by Kraskov, Alexander, Dancause, Numa, Quallo, Marsha M., Shepherd, Samantha, Lemon, Roger N.

“…The discovery of “mirror neurons” in area F5 of the ventral premotor cortex has prompted many theories as to their possible function. However, the identity of…”
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