The mirror neuron system in post-stroke rehabilitation

International Archives of Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Carvalho, Diana ^a   Teixeira, Silmar ^a,b   Lucas, Marina ^a   Yuan, Ti Fei ^c   Chaves, Fernanda ^a   Peressutti, Caroline ^b,d   Machado, Sergio ^b,e,f,j   Bittencourt, Juliana ^b   Menéndez González, Manuel ^g   Nardi, Antonio Egidio ^b,f   Velasques, Bruna ^b,d   Cagy, Mauricio ^h   Piedade, Roberto ^b   Ribeiro, Pedro ^b,d   Arias Carrión, Oscar ⁱ  

^a VEIGA DE ALMEIDA UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c NCI   (China)

^d Institute of Applied Neuroscience INA   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^f SALGADO DE OLIVEIRA UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^g HOSPITAL ÁLVAREZ BUYLLA   (Spain)

^h FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

ⁱ SECRETARÍA DE SALUD   (Mexico)

^j FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

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Author keywords

Imagery; Imitation; Mirror neurons system; Mirror therapy; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ATAXIC APHASIA; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; BODY IMAGE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL SWELLING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE REHABILITATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FINGER; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GUIDED IMAGERY; HAND MOVEMENT; HEARING; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; IMITATION; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; MEMORY; MIND THEORY; MIRROR NEURON; MIRROR THERAPY; MOBILIZATION; MOTION; MOTONEURON; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR IMAGERY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSIC THERAPY; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL CORTEX; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RED LIGHT; REVIEW; SENSATION; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SPASTICITY; STROKE PATIENT; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; UPPER LIMB MOTOR IMPAIRMENT; VISION; VISUAL FEEDBACK; VISUAL STIMULATION; WEAKNESS; YAWNING;

EID: 84885563731     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17557682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1755-7682-6-41     Document Type: Review

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