Motor control of rapid sequential finger tapping in humans

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 2162-2170

  Arunachalam, R ^a   Weerasinghe, V S ^a   Mills, K R ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FAST MUSCLE; FEMALE; FINGER; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR COORDINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; ULNAR NERVE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 23944513755     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01173.2004     Document Type: Article

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