Primary motor and sensory cortex activation during motor performance and motor imagery: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 7688-7698

  Porro, Carlo A ^a   Francescato, Maria Pia ^a   Cettolo, Valentina ^a   Diamond, Mathew E ^a   Baraldi, Patrizia ^b   Zuiani, Chiava ^a   Bazzocchi, Massimo ^a   Di Prampero, Pietro E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

brain mapping; functional magnetic resonance imaging; motor imagery; motor performance; primary motor cortex; primary somatosensory cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 0029860593     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-23-07688.1996     Document Type: Article

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