Transcranial magnetic stimulation of the primary motor cortex modulates response interference in a flanker task

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 451, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 261-265

  Soto, David ^a,b   Montoro, Pedro R ^c   Humphreys, Glyn W ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Motor cortex; Motor evoked potentials; Response interference; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RADIATION; REACTION TIME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59149106655     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.12.052     Document Type: Article

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