Age-related differences in corticospinal excitability during a Go/NoGo task

Psychophysiology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1448-1455

  Fujiyama, Hakuei ^a   Tandonnet, Christophe ^a,b   Summers, Jeffery J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; Corticospinal excitability; Go NoGo reaction time; Intracortical inhibition; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052759963     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2011.01201.x     Document Type: Article

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