Transcranial magnetic stimulation highlights the sensorimotor side of empathy for pain

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 955-960

  Avenanti, Alessio ^a,b   Bueti, Domenica ^a,b   Galati, Gaspare ^b,c   Aglioti, Salvatore M ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTION; EMPATHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEEDLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HAND; MOTOR CORTEX; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EMPATHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FOOT; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 24944449580     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1481     Document Type: Article

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