Asymmetrical facilitation of motor-evoked potentials following motor practice

NeuroReport

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 805-807

  Hammond, Geoffrey R ^a   Vallence, Ann Maree ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hemispheric specialization; Motor cortex; Motor plasticity; Motor evoked potential facilitation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FACILITATION; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ACCELERATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 33744487642     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wnr.0000220125.55855.98     Document Type: Article

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