Flexible cortical control of task-specific muscle synergies

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 36, 2012, Pages 12349-12360

  Nazarpour, Kianoush ^a   Barnard, Amy ^a   Jackson, Andrew ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE REFLEX; MYOELECTRIC CONTROL; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VISUAL FEEDBACK; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865785720     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5481-11.2012     Document Type: Article

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