The human motor corpus callosum

Reviews in the Neurosciences

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 451-466

  Wahl, Mathias ^a   Ziemann, Ulf ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bimanual coordination; Diffusion tensor imaging; Fiber tractography; Human; Interhemispheric inhibition; Magnetic stimulation; Mirror movements; Motor corpus callosum; Motor cortex; Transcranial

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 60849110557     PISSN: 03341763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVNEURO.2008.19.6.451     Document Type: Review

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