Interactions between imagined movement and the initiation of voluntary movement: A TMS study

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1154-1160

  Li, Sheng ^a,b   Stevens, Jennifer A ^c   Rymer, W Zev ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c William and Mary   (United States)

^d REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor imagery; Reaction time; Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; MALE; MOTOR IMAGERY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; CUES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MOVEMENT; NERVE NET; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REACTION TIME; REHABILITATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 65849457070     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2008.12.045     Document Type: Article

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