The role of anterior cingulate cortex and precuneus in the coordination of motor behaviour

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 235-246

  Wenderoth, Nicole ^a   Debaere, Filiep ^a   Sunaert, Stefan ^a   Swinnen, Stephan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bimanual coordination; fMRI; Human brain imaging; Motor system; Spatial behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN REGION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MONITORING; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRECUNEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WRIST;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GYRUS CINGULI; HAND; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; NERVE NET; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 23044498095     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04176.x     Document Type: Article

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