Correlates of human handedness in primary motor cortex: A review and hypothesis

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 285-292

  Hammond, Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Handedness; Intracortical inhibition; Manual dexterity; Motor cortex; Motor learning; Motor organization; Motor plasticity; Movement representations

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ASYMMETRY; HAND MOVEMENT; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR CORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LEARNING; MAGNETICS; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 0036105777     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7634(02)00003-9     Document Type: Review

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