Sensorimotor mapping of the human cerebellum: fMRI evidence of somatotopic organization

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 55-73

  Grodd, Wolfgang ^a   Hülsmann, Ernst ^a   Lotze, Martin ^a   Wildgruber, Dirk ^a   Erb, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain mapping; Cerebellum; Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); Somatotopy; Voluntary movement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HUMAN; LIP; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; TONGUE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; ELBOW; FEMALE; FINGERS; FOOT; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; LIP; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SENSATION; TONGUE; WRIST;

EID: 0034995237     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.1025     Document Type: Article

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