Action processing and mirror neuron function in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: An fMRI study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Jelsone Swain, Laura ^a,b   Persad, Carol ^c   Burkard, David ^b   Welsh, Robert C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AIKEN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALS COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL SCREEN TEST; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN REGION; CATEGORICAL FLUENCY FOR ANIMALS TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED ORAL WORD ASSOCIATION TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL LABILITY SCREEN TEST; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; MIRROR NEURON; MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT; MOTOR CONTROL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OPERCULUM (BRAIN); POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; READING THE MIND IN THE EYES TEST; SOCIAL COGNITION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY OF MIND; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; AGED; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN MAPPING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIRROR NEURONS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84928910895     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119862     Document Type: Article

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