Changes in local and distant EEG activities before, during and after the observation and execution of sequential finger movements

Neurophysiologie Clinique

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 303-312

  Calmels, C ^a   Jarry, G ^b   Stam, C J ^c  

^a Institut National du Sport et de l'Education Physique   (France)

^b HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alpha bands; Electroencephalography; Local and distant EEG activities; Observation execution; Sensorimotor areas

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CORTICAL OSCILLATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SYNCHRONIZATION LIKELIHOOD;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70949092060     PISSN: 09877053     EISSN: 17697131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neucli.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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