The mirror world of motor inhibition: The alien hand syndrome in chronic stroke

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 246-252

  Brainin, Michael ^a   Seiser, A ^a   Matz, K ^a  

^a DANUBE UNIVERSITY KREMS   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALIEN HAND SYNDROME; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VIDEORECORDING; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; APRAXIA, IDEOMOTOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; SYNDROME; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 39749135533     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2007.116046     Document Type: Review

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