Is there a "neural efficiency" in athletes? A high-resolution EEG study

NeuroImage

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1544-1553

  Del Percio, Claudio ^a,d   Rossini, Paolo M ^a,b,c   Marzano, Nicola ^d   Iacoboni, Marco ^d   Infarinato, Francesco ^b,d   Aschieri, Pierluigi ^e,f   Lino, Andrea ^e   Fiore, Antonio ^g   Toran, Giancarlo ^g   Babiloni, Claudio ^a,b,h   Eusebi, Fabrizio ^d,i  

^a IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^b IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e Federazione Italiana Judo Lotta Karate ed Arti Marziali FIJLKAM   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^g Federazione Italiana di Scherma   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

ⁱ IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography (EEG); Elite athletes; Movement related potentials (MRPs); Sport science

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTOR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADULT; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55349131292     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.05.061     Document Type: Article

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