The influence of hand posture on corticospinal excitability during motor imagery: A transcranial magnetic stimulation study

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1200-1206

  Vargas, C D ^a,b   Olivier, E ^a,c   Craighero, L ^d   Fadiga, L ^d   Duhamel, J R ^a   Sirigu, Angela ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES COGNITIVES   (France)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mental simulation; Motor control; Proprioception; TMS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMAGNETICS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS;

EID: 6344294825     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhh080     Document Type: Article

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