Modulation of motor cortex excitability induced by pinch grip repetition

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1005-1016

  Gorsler, A ^a   Zittel, S ^a   Weiller, C ^a   Munchau A ^a   Liepert, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortical excitability; Human motor cortex; Interhemispheric effects; Training; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 3843148391     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-004-0139-6     Document Type: Article

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