White Matter Organization in Cervical Spinal Cord Relates Differently to Age and Control of Grip Force in Healthy Subjects

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 4102-4109

  Lindberg, Påvel G ^a,b,c   Feydy, Antoine ^a,b,c   Maier, Marc A ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRECISION GRIP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; SPINAL CORD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949724480     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5529-09.2010     Document Type: Article

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