A neuromagnetic normative data set for hemispheric sensory hand cortical representations and their interhemispheric differences

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 306-314

  Tecchio, F ^a   Rossini, P M ^b,c,d   Pizzella, V ^b   Cassetta, E ^d   Pasqualetti, P ^d   Romani, G L ^e  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^c FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hand cortical representation; Interhemispheric difference; Neuromagnetism; Normative data; Somatosensory evoked field

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NERVE PROJECTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THUMB;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 0031749139     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-299X(98)00008-7     Document Type: Article

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