Dominance of ipsilateral corticospinal pathway in congenital mirror movements

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 276-279

  Ueki, Y ^a   Mima, Tatsuya ^a   Oga, T ^a,b   Ikede, A ^a   Hitomi, T ^a   Fukuyama, H ^a   Nagamine, T ^a   Shibasaki, H ^a,c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CALCULATION; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL MIRROR MOVEMENT; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HAND MUSCLE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SYNKINESIS; TECHNIQUE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRIPLE STIMULATION TECHNIQUE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SYNKINESIS;

EID: 12444285871     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2004.040949     Document Type: Article

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