Representation of goal and movements without overt motor behavior in the human motor cortex: A transcranial magnetic stimulation study

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 36, 2009, Pages 11134-11138

  Cattaneo, Luigi ^a   Caruana, Fausto ^b   Jezzini, Ahmad ^b   Rizzolatti, Giacomo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FINGER; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; IMAGINATION; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATION; OPPONENS POLLICIS MUSCLE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; GOALS; HUMANS; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349133155     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2605-09.2009     Document Type: Article

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