Changes in brain activity during motor learning measured with PET: Effects of hand of performance and practice

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 2177-2199

  Van Mier, H ^a,b   Tempel, L W ^b   Perlmutter, J S ^a,b   Raichle, M E ^a,b   Petersen, S E ^a,c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH PARIETAL CELL; VELOCITY;

EID: 0031739142     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.80.4.2177     Document Type: Article

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