Mapping of direction and muscle representation in the human primary motor cortex controlling thumb movements

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 587, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1977-1987

  Z'Graggen, W J ^a   Conforto, A B ^a,c,d   Wiest, R ^a   Remonda, L ^a,b   Hess, C W ^a   Kaelin Lang, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CLASPED THUMB; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REACTION TIME; THUMB; THUMB ABDUCTION; THUMB EXTENSION; THUMB FLEXION; THUMB MOVEMENT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; ACCELERATION; ADDUCTION; AUDITORY FEEDBACK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLEXOR REFLEX; HAND MOVEMENT; MOTOR SYSTEM; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX;

EID: 65449160139     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.171066     Document Type: Article

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