Involvement of the human dorsal premotor cortex in unimanual motor control: An interference approach using transcranial magnetic stimulation

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 367, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 189-193

  Cincotta, Massimo ^a   Borgheresi, Alessandra ^a   Balestrieri, Fabrizio ^a   Giovannelli, Fabio ^a   Rossi, Simone ^b   Ragazzoni, Aldo ^a   Zaccara, Gaetano ^a   Ziemann, Ulf ^c  

^a SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dorsal premotor cortex; Mirror movements; Motor control; Motor cortex; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Unimanual movements

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 4344702719     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.06.003     Document Type: Article

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