Intracortical inhibition and facilitation with unilateral dominant, unilateral nondominant and bilateral movement tasks in left- and right-handed adults

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 96-104

  McCombe Waller, Sandy ^a   Forrester, Larry ^a,b   Villagra, Federico ^c   Whitall, Jill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Motor control; Motor cortex; Neuronal excitability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE TRAINING; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; NEURAL INHIBITION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 43049132097     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.12.033     Document Type: Article

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