Brain activity during observation and motor imagery of different balance tasks: An fMRI study

Cortex

Volumn 64, Issue , 2015, Pages 102-114

  Taube, Wolfgang ^a   Mouthon, Michael ^b   Leukel, Christian ^a,c   Hoogewoud, Henri Marcel ^d   Annoni, Jean Marie ^b   Keller, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b University and Hospital Fribourg   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d Hopital Cantonal de Fribourg   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Action observation; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Motor imagery during action observation; Non physical balance training

Indexed keywords

ACTION OBSERVATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CEREBELLUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; IMAGINATION; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; INSULA; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATION; OCCIPITAL GYRUS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRECUNEUS; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIMARY AUDITORY CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PUTAMEN; STANDING; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; THALAMUS; VISUAL CORTEX; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOVEMENT; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84909987840     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2014.09.022     Document Type: Article

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