Exercise-induced strengthening of inter-digital connections in musicians

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 124, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1622-1627

  Kang, Suk Y ^a,b   Hallett, Mark ^c   Sohn, Young H ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor evoked potential; Musician; Surround inhibition; TMS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FINGER EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; MALE; MUSICIAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

MOTOR-EVOKED POTENTIAL; MUSICIAN; SURROUND INHIBITION; TMS;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSIC; NEURAL INHIBITION; RESISTANCE TRAINING; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880142383     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2013.01.028     Document Type: Article

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