The ipsilateral motor cortex contributes to cross-limb transfer of performance gains after ballistic motor practice

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 588, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 201-212

  Lee, Michael ^a   Hinder, Mark R ^c,d   Gandevia, Simon C ^b   Carroll, Timothy J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND MUSCLE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; UPPER EXTREMITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73549108109     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.183855     Document Type: Article

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