Quantitative analysis of asymmetrical cortical activity in motor areas during sequential finger movement

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1370-1375

  Zeng, Ling ^a   Chen, Huafu ^a   Ouyang, Luo ^a   Yao, Dezhong ^a   Gao, Jia Hong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Finger movement; fMRI; Right handedness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAND MOVEMENT; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIGHT HANDEDNESS;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT;

EID: 36248930945     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2007.03.024     Document Type: Article

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