Variability of human corticospinal excitability tracks the state of action preparation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 5564-5572

  Klein Flügge, Miriam C ^a   Nobbs, David ^a   Pitcher, Julia B ^b   Bestmann, Sven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; FEMALE; FORCED CHOICE METHOD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REACTION TIME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875466399     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2448-12.2013     Document Type: Article

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