Step-by-step: The effects of physical practice on the neural correlates of locomotion imagery revealed by fMRI

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 694-702

  Ionta, Silvio ^a   Ferretti, Antonio ^a   Merla, Arcangelo ^a   Tartaro, Armando ^a   Romani, Gian Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Motor system; Neurovegetative activity; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GANGLION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDING; THALAMUS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OXYGEN; POSTURAL BALANCE; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951610699     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20898     Document Type: Article

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