Training the motor cortex by observing the actions of others during immobilization

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3268-3276

  Bassolino, Michela ^a   Campanella, Martina ^a   Bove, Marco ^b   Pozzo, Thierry ^a,c   Fadiga, Luciano ^a,d  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Action observation; Direct matching hypothesis; Immobilization; Internal simulation; Motor imagery

Indexed keywords

ACTION OBSERVATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR IMAGERY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PRECISION GRIP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SPREADING CORTICAL DEPRESSION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL INFORMATION; YOUNG ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; IMMOBILIZATION; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; OBSERVATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920759270     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bht190     Document Type: Article

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