Differential callosal contributions to bimanual control in young and older adults

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2171-2185

  Fling, Brett W ^a   Walsh, Christine M ^a   Bangert, Ashley S ^a   Reuter Lorenz, Patricia A ^a   Welsh, Robert C ^a   Seidler, Rachael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; BRAIN MAPPING; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960129860     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2010.21600     Document Type: Article

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