Corticomuscular coherence in the 6-15 Hz band: Is the cortex involved in the generation of physiologic tremor?

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 32-40

  Raethjen, Jan ^a   Lindemann, Michael ^a   Dümpelmann, Matthias ^b   Wenzelburger, Roland ^a   Stolze, Henning ^a   Pfister, Gerd ^a   Elger, Christian E ^b   Timmer, Jens ^c   Deuschl, Günther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central tremor generation; Corticomuscular coherence and phase; Epicortical recordings; Motor cortex; Physiologic tremor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPILEPSY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECTROSCOPY; TREMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TREMOR; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0036135933     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-001-0914-7     Document Type: Article

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