Changes in corticospinal excitability during observation of walking in humans

NeuroReport

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 727-731

  Takahashi, Makoto ^a,b   Kamibayashi, Kiyotaka ^a   Nakajima, Tsuyoshi ^a   Akai, Masami ^a   Nakazawa, Kimitaka ^a  

^a National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Action observation; Corticospinal tract; Primary motor cortex; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WALKING;

ADULT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WALKING;

EID: 42349088590     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3282fd0dc3     Document Type: Article

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