Involvement of the primary motor cortex in controlling movements executed with the ipsilateral hand differs between left- and right-handers

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3456-3469

  van den Berg, Femke E ^a   Swinnen, Stephan P ^a   Wenderoth, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE PROJECTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOPHYSICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053543050     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00018     Document Type: Article

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