Cortical pattern of complex but not simple movements is affected in writer's cramp: A parametric event-related fMRI study

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 755-763

  Havránková, Petra ^a   Walker, Nolan D ^a   Operto, Grégory ^b   Sieger, Tomáš ^a,c   Vymazal, Josef ^d   Jech, Robert ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^d NA HOMOLCE HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Event related; FMRI; Focal dystonia; Graphospasm; Task specific; Writer's cramp

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GUSTATORY CORTEX; HAND MOVEMENT; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL FEEDBACK; WRITER'S CRAMP;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANTI-DYSKINESIA AGENTS; BIOMECHANICS; BOTULINUM TOXINS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; OXYGEN; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 84857785355     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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