The role of the corpus callosum in the coupling of bimanual isometric force pulses

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 2409-2418

  Diedrichsen, Jörn ^a,b   Hazeltine, Eliot ^c   Nurss, Wesley K ^a   Ivry, Richard B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^c 419 Traylor Building ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; COUPLING FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0142090641     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00250.2003     Document Type: Article

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