Role of the human motor cortex in rapid motor learning

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 431-438

  Muellbacher, Wolf ^b   Ziemann, Ulf ^b   Boroojerdi, Babak ^b   Cohen, Leonardo ^b   Hallett, Mark ^b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

Humans; Motor evoked potentials; Motor learning; Primary motor cortex; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FORCE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN STEM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MAGNETISM; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPINAL ROOT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN STEM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 0035110975     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210000614     Document Type: Article

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