Exploring the connectivity between the cerebellum and motor cortex in humans

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 557, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 689-700

  Daskalakis, Zafiris J ^a   Paradiso, Guillermo O ^b   Christensen, Bruce K ^a   Fitzgerald, Paul B ^c   Gunraj, Carolyn ^b   Chen, Robert ^b,d  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXCITATORY JUNCTION POTENTIAL; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; CEREBELLAR INHIBITION; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; HUMAN CELL; INTRACORTICAL FACILITATION; LONG INTERVAL INTRACORTICAL INHIBITION; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; SHORT INTERVAL INTRACORTICAL INHIBITION;

ADULT; CEREBELLUM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 3042602109     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.059808     Document Type: Article

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