Movement-specific enhancement of corticospinal excitability at subthreshold levels during motor imagery

Corticospinal excitability during motor

Corticospinal excitability during motor imagery of a simple tonic finger movement in patients with writer's cramp

✍ Angelo Quartarone; Sergio Bagnato; Vincenzo Rizzo; Francesca Morgante; Antonino 📂 Article 📅 2005 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 152 KB

## Abstract Motor imagery (MI) is the mental rehearsal of a motor act without overt movement. Using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), we tested the effect of MI on corticospinal excitability in patients with writer's cramp. In 10 patients with writer's cramp and 10 healthy controls, we appli