Modulation of spinal excitability during observation of hand actions in humans

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 190-194

  Baldissera, Fausto ^a   Cavallari, Paolo ^a   Craighero, Laila ^b   Fadiga, Luciano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Action observation; Grasping; H reflex; Reaching movement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HAND MOVEMENT; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FINGERS; H-REFLEX; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; SPINAL CORD; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0035177425     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0953-816X.2000.01368.x     Document Type: Article

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