Plasticity and response to action observation: A longitudinal fMRI study of potential mirror neurons in patients with subacute stroke

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 874-884

  Brunner, Iris C ^a   Skouen, Jan Sture ^a   Ersland, Lars ^b   Grüner, Renate ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

action observation; arm motor function; fMRI; mirror neurons; rehabilitation; stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INFERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; INSULA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIRROR NEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR SYSTEM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARIETAL CORTEX; PARS OPERCULARIS; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; STROKE PATIENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATION; PATHOLOGY; STROKE; VASCULARIZATION;

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIRROR NEURONS; MOTOR CORTEX; OBSERVATION; OXYGEN; STROKE;

EID: 84908655885     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968314527350     Document Type: Article

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