Dissociation of the pathways mediating ipsilateral and contralateral motor-evoked potentials in human hand and arm muscles

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 518, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 895-906

  Ziemann, Ulf ^a,b   Ishii, Kenji ^a   Borgheresi, Alessandra ^c   Yaseen, Zaneb ^a   Battaglia, Fortunato ^a   Hallett, Mark ^a   Cincotta, Massimo ^c   Wassermann, Eric M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NECK MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIAL AMPLITUDE; CASE REPORT; FINGER; FLEXOR MUSCLE; MONOSYNAPTIC PATHWAY; MOTOR CONTROL; OPPONENS POLLICIS MUSCLE; REFLEX; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; WRIST;

EID: 0033178920     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1999.0895p.x     Document Type: Article

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