Isometric force-related activity in sensorimotor cortex measured with functional MRI

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-64

  Thickbroom, G W ^a,b   Phillips, B A ^a,b   Morris, I ^c   Byrnes, M L ^a,b   Mastaglia, F L ^a,b,c  

^a PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Functional MRI; Human; Isometric force; Sensorimotor cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX;

ADULT; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONS; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 0031801516     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050437     Document Type: Article

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