What is "mirror" in the premotor cortex? A review

Neurophysiologie Clinique

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 189-195

  Morin, O ^a   Grezes J ^b  

^a INSTITUT JEAN NICOD   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Action observation; Broca's area; Mirror neurons; Premotor cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; SHORT SURVEY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 44949088508     PISSN: 09877053     EISSN: 17697131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neucli.2008.02.005     Document Type: Short Survey

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