The mirror neuron system

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 557-560

  Cattaneo, Luigi ^a   Rizzolatti, Giacomo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; LEARNING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MIRROR NEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EMPATHY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; NERVE NET; NEURONS; PARIETAL LOBE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 66249118985     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2009.41     Document Type: Review

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