Neural activation and functional connectivity during motor imagery of bimanual everyday actions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Szameitat, André J ^a,b   McNamara, Adam ^b   Shen, Shan ^b   Sterr, Annette ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIMANUAL ACTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR IMAGERY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNIMANUAL ACTION; BRAIN MAPPING; HAND; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSIOLOGY;

BRAIN MAPPING; HAND; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PARIETAL LOBE;

EID: 84862025155     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038506     Document Type: Article

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