Mirror, mirror on the wall: Viewing a mirror reflection of unilateral hand movements facilitates ipsilateral M1 excitability

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 118-122

  Garry, M I ^a   Loftus, A ^a   Summers, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ipsilateral; Mirror viewing; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIRROR THERAPY; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THUMB; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; THUMB;

EID: 19544375822     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-005-2226-9     Document Type: Article

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