Differential modulations of ipsilateral and contralateral beta (de)synchronization during unimanual force production

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 2088-2097

  van Wijk, B C M ^a   Beek, P J ^a   Daffertshofer, A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Beta power; Corticospinal synchronization; Interhemispheric facilitation inhibition; Motor cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; OXYGEN; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84863208567     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2012.08122.x     Document Type: Article

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