The mirror neuron system and treatment of stroke

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 293-310

  Small, Steven L ^a   Buccino, Giovanni ^b   Solodkin, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Language; Mirror neuron; Motor function; Observation; Stroke; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONVALESCENCE; HUMAN; IMITATION; LANGUAGE; MIRROR NEURON; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STROKE;

BRAIN; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; LANGUAGE; MIRROR NEURONS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE;

EID: 84858172179     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20504     Document Type: Article

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