Inadvertent contralateral activity during a sustained unilateral contraction reflects the direction of target movement

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 6353-6357

  Post, Marijn ^a   Bakels, Rob ^a   Zijdewind, Inge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN CORTEX; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND PALM; HUMAN; INDEX FINGER; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTING RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH;

EID: 66049121281     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0631-09.2009     Document Type: Article

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