Response competition in the primary motor cortex: Corticospinal excitability reflects response replacement during simple decisions

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 119-127

  Michelet, Thomas ^a,c   Duncan, Gary H ^a,b   Cisek, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UMR 5287   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; INDEX FINGER; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REACTION TIME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; CUES; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REACTION TIME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954440285     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00819.2009     Document Type: Article

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