Effects of action observation on corticospinal excitability: Muscle specificity, direction, and timing of the mirror response

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 331-348

  Naish, Katherine R ^a,b   Houston Price, Carmel ^c   Bremner, Andrew J ^d   Holmes, Nicholas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action execution; Action observation; Corticospinal excitability; Mirror neuron system; Motor evoked potential; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CELL; CORTICOSPINAL EXCITABILITY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; IMITATION; INDIVIDUALITY; MIRROR NEURON CENTER; MIRROR RESPONSE; MIRROR RESPONSE LATENCY; MUSCLE CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MUSCLE DIRECTION; MUSCLE SPECIFICITY; MUSCLE TIMING; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROMODULATION; OBSERVATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; REVIEW; SIGNAL DETECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MIRROR NEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIAL; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME FACTOR; VISION;

EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; MIRROR NEURONS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84908669477     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2014.09.034     Document Type: Review

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