Selective increase in motor excitability with intraactive (self) versus interactive touch

NeuroReport

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 206-209

  Master, Sabah ^a,b   Tremblay, François ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b BRUYÈRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intraactive touch; Motor behavior; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TOUCH;

BRAIN; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TOUCH; TOUCH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76449099934     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e328335b530     Document Type: Article

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