Fast modulation of alpha activity during visual processing and motor control

Neuroscience

Volumn 189, Issue , 2011, Pages 236-249

  Sabate, M ^a,b   Llanos, C ^a   Enriquez, E ^a   Gonzalez, B ^b   Rodriguez, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED SOBRE ENFERMEDADES NEURODEGENERATIVAS CIBERNED   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alpha activity; Idling hypothesis; Visual motor task

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED RESPONSE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PROCESSING; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960920640     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.05.011     Document Type: Article

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