Lateralization of unimanual and bimanual motor imagery

Brain Research

Volumn 1095, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 139-147

  Stinear, Cathy M ^a   Fleming, Melanie K ^a   Byblow, Winston D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cortex; Dominance; F wave; Human; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; THUMB; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 33745112127     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.04.008     Document Type: Article

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