Differential modulation of corticospinal excitability during observation, mental imagery and imitation of hand actions

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 105-112

  Clark, Shannon ^a   Tremblay, François ^a   Ste Marie, Diane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Action observation; Motor cortex; Motor imagery; Perceptual motor interaction; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0346874422     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(03)00144-1     Document Type: Article

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