Mapping implied body actions in the human motor system

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 30, 2006, Pages 7942-7949

  Urgesi, Cosimo ^a,b   Moro, Valentina ^a   Candidi, Matteo ^c,d   Aglioti, Salvatore M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body actions; Implied motion; Mirror neurons; Motor cortex; Representational momentum; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BRAIN MAPPING; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SYSTEM; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HAND; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOVEMENT;

EID: 33747057166     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1289-06.2006     Document Type: Article

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