Changes in finger coordination and responses to single pulse TMS of motor cortex during practice of a multifinger force production task

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 60-71

  Latash, Mark L ^a   Yarrow, Kielan ^b   Rothwell, John C ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coordination; Finger; Human; Practice; Synergy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENT; EVOKED RESPONSE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRANSDUCER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FINGERS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0038685358     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1480-y     Document Type: Article

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