2012
Ipsilateral synkinesia involves the supplementary motor area
Salardini A, Narayanan NS, Arora J, Constable T, Jabbari B. Ipsilateral synkinesia involves the supplementary motor area. Neuroscience Letters 2012, 523: 135-138. PMID: 22759337, PMCID: PMC3836003, DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.06.060.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSupplementary motor areaMotor areaInvoluntary coordinationFoot motor corticesHand motor taskMotor cortexMagnetic resonance imaging dataRare disorderInvoluntary movementsSynkinesiaVoluntary movementMotor tasksControl participantsFunctional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) dataPatientsImaging dataRhythmic tasksCentral roleCortex
2007
Physiology of the motor cortex in polio survivors
Lupu VD, Danielian L, Johnsen JA, Vasconcelos OM, Prokhorenko OA, Jabbari B, Campbell WW, Floeter MK. Physiology of the motor cortex in polio survivors. Muscle & Nerve 2007, 37: 177-182. PMID: 17990291, DOI: 10.1002/mus.20913.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCentral motor conduction timeTranscranial magnetic stimulationPolio survivorsMotor cortexPaired-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulationsMotor conduction timeMotor cortex excitabilityPost-polio syndromeTibialis anterior muscleMaximal motorCortex excitabilityTwitch interpolationCentral fatigueCorticospinal systemMaximal contractionHealthy controlsMotor neuronsAnterior muscleConduction timeMagnetic stimulationFunctional changesRecruitment curvesPolioSurvivorsCortex