Effects of healthy ageing on activation pattern within the primary motor cortex during movement and motor imagery: an fMRI study.

The increase in older adults over the coming decades will be accompanied by a greater burden of chronic neurological diseases affecting the motor system. The motor system adapts to maintain motor performance with the primary motor cortex (BA4) emerging as a pivotal node within this neuroplastic proc...

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Main Authors: Nikhil Sharma, Jean-Claude Baron
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4041563?pdf=render