Activation of a distributed somatosensory cortical network in the human brain. A dipole modelling study of magnetic fields evoked by median nerve stimulation. Part I: Location and activation timing of SEF sources

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Evoked Potentials

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 281-289

  Mauguiere F ^a   Merlet, I ^a   Forss, N ^b   Vanni, S ^b   Jousmaki V ^b   Adeleine, P ^c   Hari, R ^b  

^a HÔPITAL NEUROLOGIQUE   (France)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c Dept of Medical Informatics HCL ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Frontal cortex; Human brain; MEG; Posterior parietal cortex; SI area; SII area; Somatosensory evoked fields

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MODEL; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

ADULT; BRAIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031194402     PISSN: 01685597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-4694(97)00006-0     Document Type: Article

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