Mental rotation in a patient with an implanted electrode grid in the motor cortex

NeuroReport

Volumn 16, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 1795-1800

  Tomasino, Barbara ^a,c,d   Budai, Riccardo ^b   Mondani, Massimo ^b   Skrap, Miran ^b   Rumiati, Raffaella Ida ^a,c,d  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d Brain Imaging Center West   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mental rotation; Motor cortex; Motor imagery; Spatial cognition; Stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CASE REPORT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN INJURIES; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HAND; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; REACTION TIME; ROTATION;

EID: 27544495991     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wnr.0000185957.65723.52     Document Type: Article

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