Modulation of motor cortex excitability by physical similarity with an observed hand action

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Désy, Marie Christine ^a   Théoret, Hugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SKIN COLOR; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VIDEORECORDING; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; HAND; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CEREBRUM; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 41449100477     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000971     Document Type: Article

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