Role of the ipsilateral motor cortex in mirror movements

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 629-632

  Kanouchi, Tadashi ^a   Yokota, Takanori ^a   Isa, Fumiko ^b   Ishii, Kenji ^c   Senda, Michio ^c  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Metropolitan Rehabilitation Center for the Physically and Mentally Handicapped   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

H215O PET; Mirror movement; Silent period; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FINGER; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SCHIZENCEPHALY; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; THENAR; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 0030916927     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.62.6.629     Document Type: Article

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