Bilateral motor resonance evoked by observation of a one-hand movement: Role of the primary motor cortex

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1427-1435

  Borroni, Paola ^a   Montagna, Marcella ^a   Cerri, Gabriella ^a   Baldissera, Fausto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Human; Mirror neurones; Monosynaptic reflex; Premotor cortex; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND MUSCLE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATION; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; H-REFLEX; HAND; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53149136604     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06458.x     Document Type: Article

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