Pre-movement motor excitability is reduced ipsilateral to low force pinch grips

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 201-208

  Weiss, A C ^a   Weiller, C ^a   Liepert, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Force; Ipsilateral motor cortex; Motor cortex excitability; Pinch grip; Reaction time; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FORCE; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; TIME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0037322189     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-002-0780-x     Document Type: Article

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