Reduced intracortical inhibition during the foreperiod of a warned reaction time task

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 385-392

  Sinclair, Craig ^a   Hammond, Geoffrey R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intracortical inhibition; LICI; Reaction time; Response preparation; SICI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 43449129457     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-007-1241-4     Document Type: Article

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