Between-subject variance in the magnitude of corticomuscular coherence during tonic isometric contraction of the tibialis anterior muscle in healthy young adults

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1379-1388

  Ushiyama, Junichi ^a,b   Suzuki, Tatsuya ^b   Masakado, Yoshihisa ^c   Hase, Kimitaka ^a   Kimura, Akio ^b   Liu, Meigen ^a   Ushiba, Junichi ^a,b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

band oscillation; EEG EMG coherence; Electroencephalogram; Electromyogram

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052561652     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00193.2011     Document Type: Article

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