Role of the corpus callosum in bimanual coordination: A comparison of patients with congenital and acquired callosal damage

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1897-1905

  Serrien, Deborah J ^a,b   Nirkko, Arto C ^a   Wiesendanger, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Motor control; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ARM; BRAIN DISEASES; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; HYPOTHERMIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0035783456     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0953-816X.2001.01798.x     Document Type: Article

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