The role of the supplementary motor area in the control of voluntary movement

Human Movement Science

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 627-647

  Cunnington, Ross ^a,b   Bradshaw, John L ^a   Iansek, Robert ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Kingston Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Movement control; Parkinson's disease; Supplementary motor area

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030268746     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-9457(96)00018-8     Document Type: Article

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