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Variability of Human Corticospinal Excitability Tracks the State of Action Preparation

Miriam C. Klein-Flügge, David Nobbs, Julia B. Pitcher and Sven Bestmann
Journal of Neuroscience 27 March 2013, 33 (13) 5564-5572; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2448-12.2013
Miriam C. Klein-Flügge
1Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, UCL Institute of Neurology, University College London, London WC1 N3BG, United Kingdom, and
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David Nobbs
1Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, UCL Institute of Neurology, University College London, London WC1 N3BG, United Kingdom, and
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Julia B. Pitcher
2Robinson Institute, School of Paediatrics and Reproductive Health, University of Adelaide, Adelaide SA 5005, Australia
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Sven Bestmann
1Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, UCL Institute of Neurology, University College London, London WC1 N3BG, United Kingdom, and
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DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2448-12.2013
PubMed 
23536071
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History 
  • Received May 17, 2012
  • Revision received January 22, 2013
  • Accepted February 8, 2013
  • First published March 27, 2013.
  • Version of record published March 27, 2013.
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Author Information

  1. Miriam C. Klein-Flügge1,
  2. David Nobbs1,
  3. Julia B. Pitcher2, and
  4. Sven Bestmann1
  1. 1Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, UCL Institute of Neurology, University College London, London WC1 N3BG, United Kingdom, and
  2. 2Robinson Institute, School of Paediatrics and Reproductive Health, University of Adelaide, Adelaide SA 5005, Australia
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Author contributions

  1. Author contributions: M.C.K.-F. and S.B. designed research; M.C.K.-F., D.N., and J.B.P. performed research; M.C.K.-F. analyzed data; M.C.K.-F. and S.B. wrote the paper.

Disclosures

    • Received May 17, 2012.
    • Revision received January 22, 2013.
    • Accepted February 8, 2013.
  • This work was supported by the Wellcome Trust (086120/Z08/Z), the European Research Council (ActSelectContext, 260424), the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, and the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (ID 299087). We thank Ashleigh Smith and Joanna Cole for their help in collecting the data at rest.

  • The authors declare no competing financial interests.

  • Correspondence should be addressed to Miriam C. Klein-Flügge, Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, 33 Queen Square, WC1N 3BG London, UK. m.klein{at}ucl.ac.uk

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