Fast corticospinal system and motor performance in children: Conduction proceeds skill

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 217-221

  Heinen, Florian ^a   Fietzek, Urban M ^a   Berweck, Steffen ^a   Hufschmidt, Andreas ^a   Deuschl, Günther ^b   Korinthenberg, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b

^c Germany

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SKILL; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MOTOR SKILLS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0032168151     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(98)00057-5     Document Type: Article

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