Evidence of mirror neurons in human inferior frontal gyrus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 32, 2009, Pages 10153-10159

  Kilner, James M ^a   Neal, Alice ^a   Weiskopf, Nikolaus ^a   Friston, Karl J ^a   Frith, Chris D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRECISION GRIP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 68849084344     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2668-09.2009     Document Type: Article

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