Changes in cerebello-motor connectivity during procedural learning by actual execution and observation

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 338-348

  Torriero, Sara ^a,b   Oliveri, Massimiliano ^a,b   Koch, Giacomo ^a,c   Lo Gerfo, Emanuele ^a   Salerno, Silvia ^a   Ferlazzo, Fabio ^d   Caltagirone, Carlo ^a,c   Petrosini, Laura ^a,d  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; DRIVE; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLUM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OBSERVATION; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650130522     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2010.21471     Document Type: Article

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