Demonstration of motor imagery movement and phantom movement-related neuronal activity in human thalamus

NeuroReport

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 88-92

  Anderson, William S ^a   Weiss, Nirit ^b   Lawson, Herman Christopher ^c   Ohara, Shinji ^f   Rowland, Lance ^d   Lenz, Frederick A ^e  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Baltimore Neurosurgery and Spine Center   (United States)

^d SINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f FUKUOKA SANNO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Motor control; Neuroanatomy; Neurophysiology; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; IMAGERY; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; PHANTOM MOVEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; THALAMUS;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; NEURONS; PHANTOM LIMB; THALAMUS; TREMOR;

EID: 79551561456     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e328342c98a     Document Type: Article

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