Functional plasticity induced by mirror training: The mirror as the element connecting both hands to one hemisphere

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 484-496

  Hamzei, Farsin ^a,b,c   Läppchen, Claus Henning ^c   Glauche, Volkmar ^c   Mader, Irina ^c   Rijntjes, Michel ^c   Weiller, Cornelius ^c  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b Moritz Klinik Bad Klosterlausnitz   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

fMRI; mirror neurons; mirror therapy; plasticity; rehabilitation; stroke

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAND; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MIRROR NEURON; MIRROR THERAPY; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; OXYGEN; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860874055     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968311427917     Document Type: Article

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