Motor evoked potentials induced by motor imagery reveal a functional asymmetry of cortical motor control in left- and right-handed human subjects

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 276, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 185-188

  Yahagi, Susumu ^a   Kasai, Tatsuya ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA SHUDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hiroshima University   (Japan)

Author keywords

First dorsal interosseous muscle; Left hander; Motor evoked potential; Motor imagery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; LEFT HANDEDNESS; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MAGNETICS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0032694493     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00823-X     Document Type: Article

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