Corticospinal facilitation during motor imagery

The Neurophysiological Foundations of Mental and Motor Imagery

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Stinear, Cathy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Brain activity; Corticospinal activity; Corticospinal excitability; Intracortical inhibition; Motor imagery; Movement; Muscles; Neuroimaging data

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920140652     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199546251.003.0004     Document Type: Chapter

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