Holding an object: Neural activity associated with fingertip force adjustments to external perturbations

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1342-1352

  Ehrsson, H Henrik ^a,b,c   Fagergren, Anders ^a   Ehrsson, Gustav O ^a   Forssberg, Hans ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c WELLCOME TRUST CENTRE FOR NEUROIMAGING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CINGULATE GYRUS; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SENSATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THUMB;

ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FINGERS; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 33846904943     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01253.2005     Document Type: Article

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