Age effects on the asymmetry of the motor system: Evidence from cortical oscillatory activity

Biological Psychology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 213-218

  Vallesi, Antonino ^a,b   McIntosh, Anthony R ^b,c   Kovacevic, Natasa ^b   Chan, Sam C C ^d   Stuss, Donald T ^b,c  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Event related desynchronization; Go nogo; Hemispheric asymmetry; Motor system; Normal aging; Time frequency analysis

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 77956734942     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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