Neuronal mechanism of mirror movements caused by dysfunction of the motor cortex

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1397-1406

  Tsuboi, Fumiharu ^a,b   Nishimura, Yukio ^a,c   Yoshino Saito, Kimika ^a,c   Isa, Tadashi ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Macaque monkey; Mirror movements; Muscimol; Primary motor cortex

Indexed keywords

MUSCIMOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HAND; HAND GRIP; MALE; MIRROR MOVEMENT; MONKEY; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HAND; MACACA; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; MOVEMENT DISORDERS;

EID: 77958508787     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07395.x     Document Type: Article

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