Motor execution and motor imagery: A comparison of functional connectivity patterns based on graph theory

Neuroscience

Volumn 261, Issue , 2014, Pages 184-194

  Xu, L ^a   Zhang, H ^b,c   Hui, M ^a   Long, Z ^a   Jin, Z ^d   Liu, Y ^c   Yao, L ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHENZHEN INSTITUTES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d 306 HOSPITAL OF PLA   (China)

Author keywords

Betweenness centrality; Functional connectivity; Key nodes; Motor execution; Motor imagery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MALE; MOTOR EXECUTION; MOTOR IMAGERY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

BETWEENNESS CENTRALITY; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; KEY NODES; MOTOR EXECUTION; MOTOR IMAGERY;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FINGERS; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892870641     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.12.005     Document Type: Article

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