Investigating the human mirror neuron system by means of cortical synchronization during the imitation of biological movements

NeuroImage

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 227-238

  Kessler, Klaus ^a   Biermann Ruben, Katja ^b   Jonas, Melanie ^c,d   Roman Siebner, Hartwig ^c,d   Bäumer, Tobias ^c   Münchau, Alexander ^c   Schnitzler, Alfons ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MOLECULAR PROBE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

ADULT; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 33748780371     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.06.014     Document Type: Article

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