Dynamic changes in corticospinal control of precision grip during wrist movements

Brain Research

Volumn 1164, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 32-43

  Gagné, Martin ^a   Schneider, Cyril ^a  

^a CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN REHABILITATION AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corticospinal pathway; Lateral cortical linking; Motor cortex; Proximo distal muscle synergy; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INDEX FINGER; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; THUMB; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FINGERS; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WRIST;

EID: 34547586283     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.06.014     Document Type: Article

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