Serial N20m dipoles in somatosensory evoked magnetic fields move along the distal-proximal representation of the digit area 3b of the human cortex

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 359, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 175-179

  Tanosaki, Masato ^a,b   Hashimoto, Isao ^c  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Area 3b; Distal proximal representation; Human digit; Magnetoencephalography (MEG); Primary magnetic response (N20m); Somatosensory system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE;

EID: 1842556599     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.01.043     Document Type: Article

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