Corticospinal excitability modulation to hand muscles during the observation of appropriate versus inappropriate actions

Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 83-90

  Cavallo, Andrea ^a   Sartori, Luisa ^a   Castiello, Umberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Action observation; Motor evoked potentials; Precision grip; Reach to grasp; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Whole hand grasp

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 79959567804     PISSN: 17588928     EISSN: 17588936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17588928.2010.533163     Document Type: Article

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