Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 28, Issue 8 , Pages 827-836 , October 2006

Transient effect of low-intensity magnetic field on human motor control

  • Alexandre Legros

      Affiliations

    • Lawson Health Research Institute, Department of Nuclear Medicine, St. Joseph's Health Care, 268 Grosvenor Street, London, Ont., Canada N6A 4V2
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 519 646 6100x65959; fax: +1 519 646 6399.
    • ,
  • Philippe Gaillot

      Affiliations

    • Imagerie Géophysique FRE 2639, Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, France and Center for Deep Earth Exploration, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan
    • ,
  • Anne Beuter

      Affiliations

    • Institut de Cognitique, Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, France

Received 27 August 2004 ,Revised 13 October 2005 ,Accepted 7 November 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2005.11.003

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 28, Issue 8 , Pages 827-836 , October 2006

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