EEG and neuronavigated single-pulse TMS in the study of the observation/execution matching system: Are both techniques measuring the same process?

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-24

  Lepage, Jean François ^a,b   Saint Amour, Dave ^a,b   Théoret, Hugo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Centre de Recherche   (Canada)

Author keywords

EEG; Mirror neurons; Motor resonance mechanism; Mu rhythm; TMS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEURONAVIGATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; OBSERVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 52249115609     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2008.07.021     Document Type: Article

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