Age-related differences in corticomotor excitability and inhibitory processes during a visuomotor RT task

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1253-1263

  Fujiyama, Hakuei ^a   Hinder, Mark R ^a   Schmidt, Matthew W ^a   Tandonnet, Christophe ^b   Garry, Michael I ^a   Summers, Jeffery J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TASK PERFORMANCE; THUMB; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859154618     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00201     Document Type: Article

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