Effector-independent representations of simple and complex imagined finger movements: A combined fMRI and TMS study

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3375-3387

  Kuhtz Buschbeck, J P ^a   Mahnkopf, C ^a   Holzknecht, C ^a   Siebner, H ^b   Ulmer, S ^b   Jansen, O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain mapping; Human; Motor imagery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; EFFECTOR CELL; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FINGER; HAND FUNCTION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGERY; INDEX FINGER; KINESTHESIA; MALE; MIDDLE FINGER; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE TRACT; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RHYTHM; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THUMB; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLUM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; PARIETAL LOBE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS;

EID: 0346788852     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2003.03066.x     Document Type: Article

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