Hemispheric asymmetry and somatotopy of afferent inhibition in healthy humans

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 211-219

  Helmich, R C G ^a   Baumer T ^b   Siebner, H R ^c   Bloem, B R ^a   Munchau A ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Afferent inhibition; Handedness; Sensorimotor integration; Somatotopy; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NITRIFICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; PAIN THRESHOLD; REACTION TIME; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 28444479145     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-005-0014-1     Document Type: Article

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