Shadows in the mirror

NeuroReport

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 63-67

  Sartori, Luisa ^a   Castiello, Umberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Action observation system; Mirror neurons; Motor evoked potentials; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CENTRAL SULCUS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUMINATION; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIRROR NEURONS; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872059206     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: 1473558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e32835c6e6a     Document Type: Article

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