Corticomotor representation of the sternocleidomastoid muscle

Brain

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 245-255

  Thompson, M L ^a   Thickbroom, G W ^a   Mastaglia, F L ^a  

^a PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mapping; Motor cortex; Sternocleidomastoid muscle; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FACE; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MONOSYNAPTIC PATHWAY; MOTOR CORTEX; NECK MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLATYSMA MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; TOPOGRAPHY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRUNK;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NECK MUSCLES;

EID: 0031018794     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/120.2.245     Document Type: Article

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