Motor task difficulty and brain activity: Investigation of goal- directed reciprocal aiming using positron emission tomography

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1581-1594

  Winstein, Carolee J ^a,c   Grafton, Scott T ^a,b   Pohl, Patricia S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINESIOLOGY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030900298     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.3.1581     Document Type: Article

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