Electrophysiological Correlates of Changes in Reaction Time Based on Stimulus Intensity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Lakhani, Bimal ^a,b   Vette, Albert H ^b,c   Mansfield, Avril ^b   Miyasike daSilva, Veronica ^c   McIlroy, William E ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; REACTION TIME; RESPONSE TIME; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY EVOKED POTENTIAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; YOUNG ADULT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HUMANS; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872806625     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036407     Document Type: Article

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