Propagating waves mediate information transfer in the motor cortex
The authors here trained macaques to reach for a target upon command, then recorded field potential oscillations from their premotor and motor cortices. Just before the monkey made its reaching motion, the cue triggered beta waves whose phase and amplitude correlated with reaching direction.
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