Modulation of excitability in the cerebral cortex projecting to upper extremity muscles by rotational positioning of the forearm

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 212, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 221-228

  Mitsuhashi, Kosei ^a   Seki, Kazunori ^a   Akamatsu, Chizuru ^a   Handa, Yasunobu ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

motoneuron; Forearm rotation; Hand and arm; Motor cortex; Motor evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN CORTEX; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; ROTATION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPINAL REFLEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ROTATION;

EID: 34548032577     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.212.221     Document Type: Article

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