Cortex
Volume 46, Issue 8 , Pages 1016-1030 , September 2010

Different motor imagery modes following brain damage

  • Elena Daprati

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Fisiologia Neuromotoria, IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Roma, Italy
    • Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Università di Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy
    • Centro di Biomedicina Spaziale, Università di Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Dipartimento di Fisiologia Neuromotoria, IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, via Ardeatina 306, 00179 Roma, Italy.
    • ,
  • Daniele Nico

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università La Sapienza, Roma, Italy
    • ,
  • Sylvie Duval

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Fisiologia Neuromotoria, IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Roma, Italy
    • ,
  • Francesco Lacquaniti

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Fisiologia Neuromotoria, IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Roma, Italy
    • Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Università di Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy
    • Centro di Biomedicina Spaziale, Università di Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy

Received 23 December 2008 ,Revised 20 July 2009 ,Accepted 3 August 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2009.08.002

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