Inhibition of the primary motor cortex can alter one's "sense of effort": Effects of low-frequency rTMS

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 89, Issue , 2014, Pages 54-60

  Takarada, Yudai ^a   Mima, Tatsuya ^b   Abe, Mitsunari ^b   Nakatsuka, Masahiro ^b   Taira, Masato ^c  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Force perception; Motor command; Primary motor cortex; Primary sensory cortex; Spinal motoneuron

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FORCE; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LOW FREQUENCY REPETITIVE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SENSE OF EFFORT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL FEEDBACK; EXERCISE; HAND STRENGTH; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TOUCH;

ADULT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL INHIBITION; PHYSICAL EXERTION; TOUCH PERCEPTION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84919376319     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: 18728111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2014.09.005     Document Type: Article

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