Short-interval intracortical inhibition and manual dexterity in healthy aging

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 408-414

  Marneweck, Michelle ^a   Loftus, Andrea ^a   Hammond, Geoff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Manual dexterity; Motor control; SICI; TMS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION KINETICS; ISOMETRICS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURDUE PEGBOARD TEST; SHORT INTERVAL INTRACORTICAL INHIBITION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; NEURAL INHIBITION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959954372     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: 18728111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2011.04.004     Document Type: Article

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