The dynamics of sensorimotor cortical oscillations during the observation of hand movements: An EEG study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Avanzini, Pietro ^a   Fabbri Destro, Maddalena ^b   Dalla Volta, Riccardo ^a,c   Daprati, Elena ^d   Rizzolatti, Giacomo ^a,b   Cantalupo, Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY PHASE SYNCHRONIZATION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SYSTEM; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OSCILLATION; PARIETAL CORTEX; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORIMOTOR CORTICAL OSCILLATION; VELOCITY; VIDEORECORDING; WAVELET ANALYSIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HAND; MIRROR NEURON; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; VISION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN WAVES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIRROR NEURONS; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84862076057     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037534     Document Type: Article

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