Involvement of primary motor cortex in motor imagery: A neuromagnetic study

NeuroImage

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 201-208

  Schnitzler, Alfons ^a   Salenius, Stephan ^a   Salmelin, Riitta ^a   Jousmäki, Veikko ^a   Hari, Riitta ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KINESTHESIA; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030681076     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nimg.1997.0286     Document Type: Article

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