Modulation of cortical motor outputs by the symbolic meaning of visual stimuli

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 172-177

  Fecteau, Shirley ^a   Tormos, Jose Maria ^b   Gangitano, Massimo ^c   Théoret, Hugo ^d   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b University Institute affiliated with the Autonomous University of Barcelona   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

human; mirror neuron system; primary motor cortex; priming; transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 77954410542     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07285.x     Document Type: Article

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