Contribution of hand motor circuits to counting

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 563-576

  Andres, Michael ^a   Seron, Xavier ^a   Olivier, Etienne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS;

ADULT; AROUSAL; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 33947625666     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2007.19.4.563     Document Type: Article

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