Understanding inverse oxygenation responses during motor imagery: A functional near-infrared spectroscopy study

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2318-2328

  Holper, Lisa ^a,b   Shalóm, Diego E ^c   Wolf, Martin ^a   Sigman, Mariano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Institute of Neuroinformatics Zurich   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Drawing task; Functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS); Inter subject variability; Inverse negative oxygenation response; Motor imagery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGERY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; NEAR INFRARED REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NEUROIMAGING; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED;

EID: 79959352684     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07720.x     Document Type: Article

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