The early release of planned movement by acoustic startle can be delayed by transcranial magnetic stimulation over the motor cortex

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 590, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 919-936

  Alibiglou, Laila ^a   Mackinnon, Colum D ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; STARTLE REFLEX; STARTLING AUDITORY STIMULATION; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; STARTLE REACTION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WRIST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856882072     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2011.219592     Document Type: Article

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