A transcranial magnetic stimulation study of corticospinal excitability during the observation of meaningless, goal-directed, and social behaviour

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 489, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-61

  Donne, Claire M ^a   Enticott, Peter G ^a,b   Rinehart, Nicole J ^b   Fitzgerald, Paul B ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mirror neurons; Mirror systems; Premotor cortex; Primary motor cortex; Social cognition; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL COGNITION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 78650814638     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.11.067     Document Type: Article

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