Preparation for voluntary movement in healthy and clinical populations: Evidence from startle

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-33

  Carlsen, Anthony N ^a   Maslovat, Dana ^b   Franks, Ian M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cortical; Initiation; Motor programming; Preparation; Startle; Subcortical pathways

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STARTLE ACOUSTIC STIMULUS; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; REACTION TIME; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 84655176770     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.04.028     Document Type: Review

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