Ascending beta oscillation from finger muscle to sensorimotor cortex contributes to enhanced steady-state isometric contraction in humans

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 125, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2036-2045

  Lim, Manyoel ^a,b   Kim, June Sic ^b,c   Kim, Minaeh ^b   Chung, Chun Kee ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Beta oscillation; Corticomuscular coherence; Magnetoencephalography; Sensorimotor cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCENDING BETA OSCILLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING BETA OSCILLATION; DIRECTED TRANSFER FUNCTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGER MUSCLE; FLEXOR DIGITI MINIMI BREVIS MUSCLE; FLEXOR POLLICIS BREVIS MUSCLE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORY FEEDBACK; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; THUMB; BETA RHYTHM; FINGER; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SKELETAL MUSCLE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BETA RHYTHM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; THUMB; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927176123     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2014.02.006     Document Type: Article

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