Corticomuscular coherence reflects interindividual differences in the state of the corticomuscular network during low-level static and dynamic forces

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 628-638

  Mendez Balbuena, Ignacio ^a   Huethe, Frank ^a   Schulte Mönting, Jürgen ^b   Leonhart, Rainer ^a   Manjarrez, Elias ^c   Kristeva, Rumyana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Institute for Medical Biometry and Medical Informatics   (Germany)

^c BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

coherence; corticomuscular; EEG; force; human

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY PHASE SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE NET; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857203892     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhr147     Document Type: Article

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