Magnetoencephalography indicates finger motor somatotopy

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 465-472

  Beisteiner, Roland ^a,b   Gartus, Andreas ^a,b   Erdler, Marcus ^a,b   Mayer, Dagmar ^a,b   Lanzenberger, Rupert ^a,b   Deecke, Lüder ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Fine scale motor somatotopy; Fingers; Magnetoencephalography (MEG); Primary motor cortex; Voluntary movement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPOLE; FINGER; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; FINGERS; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 0842265602     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03115.x     Document Type: Article

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