Separate ipsilateral and contralateral coticospinal projections in congenital mirror movements: Neurophysiological evidence and significance for motor rehabilitation

Movement Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1294-1300

  Cincotta, Massimo ^a   Borgheresi, Alessandra ^a   Balzini, Lara ^b   Vannucchi, Luca ^b   Zeloni, Gabriele ^b   Ragazzoni, Aldo ^a   Benvenuti, Francesco ^b   Zaccara, Gaetano ^a   Arnetoli, Graziano ^c   Ziemann, Ulf ^d  

^a SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b INRCA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intracortical inhibition; Mirror movements; Motor control; Motor cortex; Rehabilitation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISSOCIATION; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD; THUMB; TRAINING; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MAGNETICS; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PERIODICITY; SKULL; SPINAL NERVES;

EID: 10744226095     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.10545     Document Type: Article

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