Observing and perceiving: A combined approach to induce plasticity in human motor cortex

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1212-1220

  Bisio, Ambra ^a   Avanzino, Laura ^a   Gueugneau, Nicolas ^a   Pozzo, Thierry ^b,c,d   Ruggeri, Piero ^a   Bove, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c Université de Bourgogne Franche Comté   (France)

^d INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Action observation; Motor cortex; Peripheral nerve electrical stimulation; Plasticity; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VIDEORECORDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; INNERVATION; MOTOR CORTEX; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; THUMB; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; THUMB; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928756869     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2014.08.024     Document Type: Article

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