Motor cortex involvement during choice reaction time: A transcranial magnetic stimulation study in man

Brain Research

Volumn 755, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 181-192

  Romaiguère, Patricia ^a   Possamaï, Camille Aimé ^b   Hasbroucq, Thierry ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

H reflex; information processing; intersensory facilitation; thenar muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0030953463     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00095-4     Document Type: Article

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