Synchronised oscillations of the human sensorimotor cortex

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 271-287

  Schnitzler, Alfons ^a   Gross, Joachim ^a   Timmermann, Lars ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coherence; Cortical drive; Cortical rhythms; EEG; MEG; Motor binding; Sensorimotor oscillations

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; MOTONEURON; OSCILLATION; PHENOMENOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; PERIODICITY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 0034123160     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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