Modulation of cortical excitability and interhemispheric inhibition prior to rhythmic unimanual contractions

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 178-186

  Sharples, Simon A ^a   Kalmar, Jayne M ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cortical inhibition; Electromyography; Primary motor cortex; Task dependant modulation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; MALE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; PERIODICITY; REACTION TIME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865323305     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2012.07.018     Document Type: Article

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