Motor imagery - Anatomical representation and electrophysiological characteristics

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1105-1116

  Stephan, K M ^a,b   Frackowiak, R S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Motor imagery; motor learning; positron emission tomography (PET); transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMAGERY; LEARNING; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; OXYGEN RADIOISOTOPES; REST; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0029802318     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02532421     Document Type: Article

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