Electroencephalographic spectral power in writer's cramp patients: Evidence for motor cortex malfunctioning during the cramp

NeuroImage

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 706-714

  Kristeva, Rumyana ^a   Chakarov, Vihren ^a,b   Losch, Florian ^a,c   Hummel, Sibylla ^a   Popa, Traian ^a   Schulte Mönting, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

EEG; EMG; Handwriting; Spectral power; Writer's cramp

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTONIA; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; WRITER CRAMP; WRITING;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 23744478370     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.05.004     Document Type: Article

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