Chronic stroke and aging: The impact of acoustic stimulus intensity on fractionated reaction time

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 452, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 151-155

  Coombes, Stephen A ^a   Janelle, Christopher M ^b   Cauraugh, James H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Reaction time; Stimulus intensity; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FINGER EXTENSION; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR UNIT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REACTION TIME; STROKE; WRIST EXTENSION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGED; AGING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARESIS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REACTION TIME; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 60249094913     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.01.041     Document Type: Article

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