Evidence for the Involvement of the Posterior Parietal Cortex in Coordination of Fingertip Forces for Grasp Stability in Manipulation

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2978-2986

  Ehrsson, H Henrik ^a,c   Fagergren, Anders ^a   Johansson, Roland S ^b   Forssberg, Hans ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c WELLCOME TRUST CENTRE FOR NEUROIMAGING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; FINGERS; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0242677540     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00958.2002     Document Type: Article

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