Mirror-neuron system recruitment by action observation: Effects of focal brain damage on mu suppression

NeuroImage

Volumn 87, Issue , 2014, Pages 127-137

  Frenkel Toledo, Silvi ^a,b   Bentin, Shlomo ^c   Perry, Anat ^c   Liebermann, Dario G ^a   Soroker, Nachum ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b LOEWENSTEIN REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Action observation; EEG; Mirror neurons; Mu suppression; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND MOVEMENT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; OSCILLATION; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; STROKE PATIENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTION OBSERVATION; EEG; MIRROR-NEURONS; MU SUPPRESSION; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIRROR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STROKE; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891079994     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.10.019     Document Type: Article

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