Normalizing motor cortex representations in focal hand dystonia

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1968-1977

  Schabrun, Siobhan M ^a   Stinear, Cathy M ^b,c   Byblow, Winston D ^b   Ridding, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Department of Sport and Exercise Science

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Afferent stimulation; Cortical reorganization; Motor cortex; Musician's dystonia; Writer's cramp

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAWING; FEMALE; FOCAL HAND DYSTONIA; HAND GRIP; HAND MUSCLE; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 68749097172     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhn224     Document Type: Article

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