Hemispheric Differences in the Relationship between Corticomotor Excitability Changes Following a Fine-Motor Task and Motor Learning

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1570-1578

  Garry, Michael I ^a   Kamen, Gary ^b   Nordstrom, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; MAGNETICS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 1542510711     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00595.2003     Document Type: Article

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