Action observation circuits in the macaque monkey cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3743-3756

  Nelissen, Koen ^a,b   Borra, Elena ^c   Gerbella, Marzio ^c   Rozzi, Stefano ^c   Luppino, Giuseppe ^c   Vanduffel, Wim ^a,b   Rizzolatti, Giacomo ^c,d   Orban, Guy A ^a  

^a KU LEUVEN UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAND GRIP; INTRAPARIETAL SULCUS; MACACA; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MACACA MULATTA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79952365945     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4803-10.2011     Document Type: Article

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