Modulation of human corticomuscular beta-range coherence with low-level static forces

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3564-3570

  Witte, Matthias ^a   Patino, Luis ^a   Andrykiewicz, Agnieszka ^a   Hepp Reymond, Marie Claude ^b   Kristeva, Rumyana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Institute of Neuroinformatics Zurich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Beta band; EEG; Isometric force; Precision grip; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; STEADY STATE;

ADULT; BETA RHYTHM; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 36949014302     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05942.x     Document Type: Article

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