Breakdown of inhibitory effects induced by foot motor imagery on hand motor area in lower-limb amputees

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 118, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2468-2478

  Marconi, Barbara ^a,b   Koch, Giacomo ^b,c   Pecchioli, Cristiano ^b   Cavallari, Paolo ^d   Caltagirone, Carlo ^b,c  

^a European Brain Research Institute (EBRI)   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Hand motor area; Leg amputation; Motor imagery; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGERY; INHIBITION KINETICS; KNEE FUNCTION; LIMB AMPUTATION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AMPUTEES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PHANTOM LIMB; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 35148860694     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2007.08.021     Document Type: Article

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