Suppression of premotor cortex disrupts motor coding of peripersonal space

NeuroImage

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 281-288

  Avenanti, Alessio ^a,b,c   Annela, Laura ^a,b   Serino, Andrea ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Centro di Studi e Ricerche in Neuroscienze Cognitive   (Italy)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Multisensory integration; Peripersonal space; Sensory motor system; TDCS; TMS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR SYSTEM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHAM PROCEDURE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACTILE STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; NEURAL INHIBITION; PERSONAL SPACE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864413951     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.06.063     Document Type: Article

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