Corticomuscular coherence: A review

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 501-511

  Mima, Tatsuya ^a   Hallett, Mark ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherence; EEG; EMG; Phase spectra

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION FUNCTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX;

EID: 0032704377     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004691-199911000-00002     Document Type: Review

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