Changes in neural resting state activity in primary and higher-order motor areas induced by a short sensorimotor intervention based on the Feldenkrais method

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue APR, 2015, Pages

  Verrel, Julius ^a   Almagor, Eilat ^b   Schumann, Frank ^c   Lindenberger, Ulman ^a   Kühn, Simone ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b Bar Ilan University and Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Feldenkrais method; Foot; Functional magnetic resonance; Resting state activity; Sensorimotor learning; Touch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL FLOOR MANIPULATION; CINGULATE MOTOR AREA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FELDENKRAIS METHOD; FEMALE; FOOT MOBILITY; FOOT PUSHING; FOOT RELEASE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIGHER ORDER MOTOR AREA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; LATERAL MOTOR CORTEX; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MEDIAL MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSCIENCE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBJECT MANIPULATION; ORIENTATION; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; REGIONAL HOMOGENEITY; RESTING STATE NETWORK; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 84933678252     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00232     Document Type: Article

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