Motor control in simple bimanual movements: A transcranial magnetic stimulation and reaction time study

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 265-274

  Foltys, Henrik ^a   Sparing, Roland ^a   Boroojerdi, Babak ^a,c   Krings, Timo ^a   Meister, Ingo G ^a   Mottaghy, Felix M ^b   Töpper, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Bimanual movements; Mirror movements; Reaction time; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAND; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; STIMULUS; THENAR; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HAND; HUMANS; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; THUMB; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0035147251     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(00)00539-3     Document Type: Article

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