Cortical correlate of the piper rhythm in humans

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2911-2917

  Brown, Peter ^a,d   Salenius, Stephan ^b   Rothwell, John C ^a   Hari, Riitta ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

EID: 0032446714     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.80.6.2911     Document Type: Article

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