Inhibitory and excitatory interhemispheric transfers between motor cortical areas in normal humans and patients with abnormalities of the corpus callosum

Brain

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 429-440

  Meyer, B U ^a   Roricht S ^b   Von Einsiedel, H Gräfin ^b   Kruggel, F ^c   Weindl, A ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Departments of Neuroradiology   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agenesis of the corpus callosum; Corpus callosum; Human transcranial magnetic stimulation; Interhemispheric inhibition; Motor cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATERALITY; MAGNETICS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLES; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028908431     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/118.2.429     Document Type: Article

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