Viewing the body prepares the brain for touch: Effects of TMS over somatosensory cortex

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 773-777

  Fiorio, Mirta ^a,b   Haggard, Patrick ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body representation; Cross modal; Somatosensory processing; Tactile discrimination; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMAN BODY; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; PERCEPTION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TIME FACTORS; TOUCH;

EID: 23944509035     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04267.x     Document Type: Article

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