Investigation of the neural correlates underlying action observation in multiple sclerosis patients

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 217, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 252-257

  Pierno, Andrea C ^a   Turella, Luca ^a   Grossi, Paola ^a   Tubaldi, Federico ^a   Calabrese, Massimiliano ^a   Perini, Paola ^a   Barachino, Luigi ^b   Morra, Aldo ^b   Gallo, Paolo ^a   Castiello, Umberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Euganea Medica   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA INTERFERON; GLATIRAMER;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOVEMENT; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE NET; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349161323     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2009.02.016     Document Type: Article

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