Reduced Muscle Selectivity during Individuated Finger Movements in Humans after Damage to the Motor Cortex or Corticospinal Tract

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1722-1733

  Lang, Catherine E ^a,c   Schieber, Marc H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND MOVEMENT; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARESIS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS;

EID: 1542615170     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00805.2003     Document Type: Article

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