Corticospinal mirror neurons

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1644, 2014, Pages

  Kraskov, A ^a   Philipp, R ^a   Waldert, S ^a   Vigneswaran, G ^a   Quallo, M M ^a   Lemon, R N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corticospinal system; Grasp; Hand; Mirror neuron; Motor cortex

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE; NEUROLOGY; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENT; HAND; MACACA; MIRROR NEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PYRAMIDAL TRACT;

ANIMALS; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENTS; HAND; MACACA; MIRROR NEURONS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84899638777     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0174     Document Type: Article

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