Age-related differences in corticospinal excitability and inhibition during coordination of upper and lower limbs

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1484.e1-1484.e14

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Motor control; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSPINAL EXCITABILITY; CORTICOSPINAL INHIBITION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXTENSOR CARPI RADIALIS MUSCLE; FEMALE; FOOT MOVEMENT; HAND MOVEMENT; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILENT PERIOD; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84861186070     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2011.12.019     Document Type: Article

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