Interhemispheric inhibition between primary motor cortices: What have we learned?

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 587, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 725-726

  Perez, Monica A ^a   Cohen, Leonardo G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER;

BRAIN REGION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NOTE; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; STROKE PATIENT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DORSAL ROOT; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GLUTAMATERGIC SYNAPSE; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VENTRAL ROOT;

ANIMALS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; LEARNING; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL INHIBITION;

EID: 60349116201     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.166926     Document Type: Note

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