Grasping with tools: Corticospinal excitability reflects observed hand movements

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 710-716

  Cavallo, Andrea ^a   Becchio, Cristina ^a   Sartori, Luisa ^b   Bucchioni, Giulia ^b   Castiello, Umberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

action observation; goal; motor evoked potentials; reach to grasp; transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICES; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXCITABILITY; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857209066     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhr157     Document Type: Article

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