Ipsilateral corticospinal projections do not predict congenital mirror movements: A case report

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 844-852

  Verstynen, T ^a   Spencer, R ^a   Stinear, C M ^b   Konkle, T ^a   Diedrichsen, J ^c   Byblow, W D ^b   Ivry, R B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticospinal; EMG; fMRI; Mirror movements; Motor control; Motor cortex; TMS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL MIRROR MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND MUSCLE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NERVE PROJECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; REFERENCE VALUES; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 33845622928     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2006.08.019     Document Type: Article

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