Modulation of motor cortex excitability in the left hemisphere during action observation: A single- and paired-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation study of self- and non-self-action observation

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1272-1278

  Patuzzo, Simone ^a   Fiaschi, Antonio ^a   Manganotti, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

F wave; H reflex; Intracortical facilitation; Intracortical inhibition; Motor evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0038401062     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(02)00293-2     Document Type: Article

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