Involvement of area MT in bimanual finger movements in left-handers: An fMRI study

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1301-1309

  Müller, Katharina ^a   Kleiser, Raimund ^b   Mechsner, Franz ^c   Seitz, Rüdiger J ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Ooe Gesundheits und Spitals AG   (Austria)

^c NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bimanual coordination; Left hander; Motor control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; ARTICLE; BIMANUAL INDEX FINGER MOVEMENT; BRAIN REGION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND ORIENTATION CONGRUENCY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INFERIOR OCCIPITAL GYRUS; INFERIOR PARIETAL GYRUS; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; INFERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; INSULA; INTRAPARIETAL SULCUS; LEFT HANDEDNESS; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; MIDDLE OCCIPITAL GYRUS; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL GYRUS; OCCIPITOTEMPORAL CORTEX; PARIETAL CORTEX; PARIETAL GYRUS; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; SUPERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; THALAMUS; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054687833     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07850.x     Document Type: Article

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