The effect of sensory input and attention on the sensorimotor organization of the hand area of the human motor cortex

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 561, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 307-320

  Rosenkranz, Karin ^a   Rothwell, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAND FUNCTION; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LONG INTERVAL INTRACORTICAL INHIBITION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; SHORT INTERVAL INTRACORTICAL INHIBITION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ATTENTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VIBRATION;

EID: 9244255775     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2004.069328     Document Type: Article

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