Participation of primary motor cortex area 4a in complex sensory processing: 3.0-T fMRI study

NeuroReport

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 679-683

  Terumitsu, Makoto ^a   Ikeda, Kotaro ^a   Kwee, Ingrid L ^b   Nakada, Tsutomu ^a,b  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

4a; 4p; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Piezoelectric stimulator; Primary motor cortex; Tactile sensory processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; FEMALE; FINGER; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PRESSURE; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIBRATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; STIMULATION; TOUCH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PRESSURE; TOUCH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67049172575     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e32832a1820     Document Type: Article

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