Convergence of human brain mapping tools: Neuronavigated TMS Parameters and fMRI activity in the hand motor area

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1107-1123

  Sarfeld, Anna Sophia ^a,b   Diekhoff, Svenja ^a   Wang, Ling E ^a,c   Liuzzi, Gianpiero ^d   Uludaǧ, Kamil ^e   Eickhoff, Simon B ^c,f   Fink, Gereon R ^b,c   Grefkes, Christian ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c JÜLICH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

BOLD signal; DCM; Ipsilateral silent period; Motor threshold; SMA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAND MOVEMENT; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SYSTEM; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEURONAVIGATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONAVIGATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859445851     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.21272     Document Type: Article

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