Cortical regions involved in the observation of bimanual actions

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2594-2611

  Heitger, Marcus H ^a   Macé, Marc J M ^a   Jastorff, Jan ^b   Swinnen, Stephan P ^a   Orban, Guy A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b KU LEUVEN UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

fMRI; Humans; Manipulation; Motor acts; Parietal cortex; Visual processing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; OPTIC NERVE LESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84868335603     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00408.2012     Document Type: Article

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