Hand preference and transcranial magnetic stimulation asymmetry of cortical motor representation

Brain Research

Volumn 835, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 324-329

  Triggs, William J ^a   Subramanium, Babu ^a   Rossi, Fabian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hand preference; Handedness; Human asymmetry; Laterality; Motor cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; REFERENCE VALUES; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0033600486     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01629-7     Document Type: Article

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