Mental simulation of an action modulates the excitability of spinal reflex pathways in man

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 221-228

  Bonnet, M ^a   Decety, J ^b   Jeannerod, M ^b   Requin, J ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

cognitive neuroscience; human; motor imagery; spinal reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL REFLEX;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KINESTHESIS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PRESSURE; REFLEX, MONOSYNAPTIC; REFLEX, STRETCH; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030887164     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-6410(96)00072-9     Document Type: Article

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