Klinische Neurophysiologie, Table of Contents Klinische Neurophysiologie 2011; 42(04): 250-251DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1285902 Posterpreisträger der DGKN-Jahrestagung © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York Changes in Excitability of the Human Motor Cortex Face Area by Observing Speech Veränderungen in der Erregbarkeit des menschlichen Motorkortex Gesichtsareals während Sprachbeobachtung T. Murakami 1 Department of Neurology, Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany , J. Restle 1 Department of Neurology, Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany , U. Ziemann 1 Department of Neurology, Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany › Author Affiliations Recommend Article Abstract Buy Article Full Text References References 1 Hickok G, Poeppel D. Dorsal and ventral streams: a framework for understanding aspects of the functional anatomy of language. Cognition 2004; 92: 67-99 2 Rizzolatti G, Craighero L. The mirror-neuron system. Annu Rev Neurosci 2004; 27: 169-192 3 Fadiga L, Fogassi L, Pavesi G et al. Motor facilitation during action observation: a magnetic stimulation study. J Neurophysiol 1995; 73: 2608-2611 4 Patuzzo S, Fiaschi A, Manganotti P. Modulation of motor cortex excitability in the left hemisphere during action observation: a single- and paired-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation study of self- and non-self-action observation. Neuropsychologia 2003; 41: 1272-1278 5 Sundara M, Namasivayam AK, Chen R. Observation-execution matching system for speech: a magnetic stimulation study. Neuroreport 2001; 12: 1341-1344 6 Watkins KE, Strafella AP, Paus T. Seeing and hearing speech excites the motor system involved in speech production. Neuropsychologia 2003; 41: 989-994 7 Fadiga L, Craighero L, Buccino G et al. Speech listening specifically modulates the excitability of tongue muscles: a TMS study. Eur J Neurosci 2002; 15: 399-402 8 Kraskov A, Dancause N, Quallo MM et al. Corticospinal neurons in macaque ventral premotor cortex with mirror properties: a potential mechanism for action suppression?. Neuron 2009; 64: 922-930 9 Mukamel R, Ekstrom AD, Kaplan J et al. Single-Neuron Responses in Humans during Execution and Observation of Actions. Curr Biol 2010; 20: 750-756 10 Fadiga L, Craighero L, D’Ausilio A. Broca’s area in language, action, and music. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2009; 1169: 448-458 11 Liberman AM, Cooper FS, Shankweiler DP et al. Perception of the speech code. Psychol Rev 1967; 74: 431-461 12 Liberman AM, Whalen DH. On the relation of speech to language. Trends Cogn Sci 2000; 4: 187-196 13 Rizzolatti G, Arbib MA. Language within our grasp. Trends Neurosci 1998; 21: 188-194 14 Datta AK, Harrison LM, Stephens JA. Task-dependent changes in the size of response to magnetic brain stimulation in human first dorsal interosseous muscle. J Physiol (Lond) 1989; 418: 13-23 15 Pearce AJ, Kidgell DJ. Corticomotor excitability during precision motor tasks. J Sci Med Sport 2009; 12: 280-283 16 Murakami T et al Observation-execution matching and action inhibituion in human primary motor cortex during viewing of speech-related lip movements or listening to speech. Neuropsychologia 2011; 49: 2045-2054