Functional somatotopy in sensorimotor cortex

NeuroReport

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 313-316

  Flanders, Martha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hand representation; Homunculus; Motor cortex; Muscle synergy

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FINGER; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; MOTOR CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 15944382764     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200503150-00001     Document Type: Review

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