Topographical differences in the developmental profile of central motor conduction time

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1646-1649

  Nezu, Atsuo ^a   Kimura, Seiji ^a   Takeshita, Saoko ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Central motor conduction time; Developmental change; Topography; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TOPOGRAPHY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETICS; NEURAL CONDUCTION;

EID: 0032823146     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(99)00118-2     Document Type: Article

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