Combined action observation and imagery facilitates corticospinal excitability

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue NOV, 2014, Pages

  Wright, David J ^a   Williams, Jacqueline ^a,b   Holmes, Paul S ^a,b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Action observation; Motor evoked potentials; Movement imagery; Stroke rehabilitation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ADDUCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXCITABILITY; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; INDEX FINGER; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATION; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84933670273     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00951     Document Type: Article

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