Interhemispheric asymmetries in the perception of unimanual and bimanual cutaneous stimuli. A study using transcranial magnetic stimulation

Brain

Volumn 122, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1721-1729

  Oliveri, M ^a   Rossini, P M ^a,c   Pasqualetti, P ^a,c   Traversa, Raimondo ^a,d   Cicinelli, P ^a   Palmieri, M G ^a,b   Tomaiuolo, F ^a   Caltagirone, C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^d IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hemispheric asymmetry; Ipsilateral space; Right hemisphere; Somatosensory stimulation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FINGER; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SKIN SENSATION; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FINGERS; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PERCEPTION; REFERENCE VALUES; SCALP; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SKIN; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0032882560     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/122.9.1721     Document Type: Article

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