Hemispheric asymmetry of surround inhibition in the human motor system

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 816-819

  Shin, Hae Won ^a,b   Sohn, Young H ^a   Hallett, Mark ^c  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

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

Author keywords

Handedness; Inhibition; Motor cortex; TMS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; MALE; MOTOR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; ULNAR NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63549094553     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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