Changes in mu rhythm during action observation and execution in adults with Down syndrome: Implications for action representation

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 436, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 177-180

  Virji Babul, Naznin ^a,b   Moiseev, Alexander ^a   Cheung, Teresa ^a   Weeks, Daniel ^b   Cheyne, Douglas ^c   Ribary, Urs ^a,b  

^a Down Syndrome Research Foundation   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Action representation; Down syndrome; Mirror neurons; Mu rhythm; Reach to grasp

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 21; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; OBSERVATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 41949130215     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.03.022     Document Type: Article

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