Functional magnetic resonance imaging of the human sensorimoto cortex using a novel vibrotactile stimulator

NeuroImage

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 421-430

  Golaszewski, Stefan M ^a   Siedentopf, Christian M ^b   Baldauf, Erwin ^b   Koppelstaetter, Florian ^b   Eisner, Wilhelm ^b   Unterrainer, Josef ^c   Guendisch, Gert M ^b   Mottaghy, Felix M ^d   Felber, Stephan R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Functional MRI; Motor paradigm; Sensorimotor cortex; Vibration stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN CORTEX; CONFERENCE PAPER; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEURORADIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIBRATION;

EID: 0036743108     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nimg.2002.1195     Document Type: Conference Paper

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