Task-dependent changes of motor cortical network excitability during precision grip compared to isolated finger contraction

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1522-1529

  Kouchtir Devanne, Nezha ^a   Capaday, Charles ^b   Cassim, François ^c   Derambure, Philippe ^c   Devanne, Hervé ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Intracortical inhibition; Motor task dependence; Primary motor cortex; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRECISION GRIP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; STIMULUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84857256978     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00786.2011     Document Type: Article

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