Modulation of corticospinal influence over hand muscles during gripping tasks in man and monkey

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 547-558

  Lemon, R N ^a   Johansson, R S ^b   Westling, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Corticospinal system; Hand; Human; Magnetic stimulation; Monkey

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR CORTEX; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT;

EID: 0029764907     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/y96-030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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