Transcranial magnetic stimulation reveals asymmetrical efficacy of intracortical circuits in primary motor cortex

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-23

  Hammond, Geoff ^a   Faulkner, Deb ^a   Byrnes, Michelle ^a   Mastaglia, Frank ^a   Thickbroom, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Handedness; Intracortical facilitation; Intracortical inhibition; Motor cortex; TMS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE NET;

EID: 1542285179     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1696-x     Document Type: Article

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