Postural context alters the stability of bimanual coordination by modulating the crossed excitability of corticospinal pathways

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 2016-2023

  Carson, Richard G ^a,b   Smethurst, Christopher J ^b   Oytam, Yalchin ^b   De Rugy, Aymar ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL PHYSIOLOGY; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 33947149561     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00868.2006     Document Type: Article

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