Mirror Neurons

MeSH code information

• Name
  Mirror Neurons
• Concept
  Scope note: Neurons that fire when an animal acts or observes the same action of another thus coding the motor response. They were originally discovered in the premotor and parietal cortex of the monkey and studies have shown that neurons that have a similar mechanism are present in humans. Mirror neurons are theorized to be related to social cognition.
• Tree numbers
  • A08.675.500
  • A11.671.487
• Qualifiers
  parasitology, immunology, microbiology, physiology, enzymology, cytology, chemistry, drug effects, transplantation, virology, radiation effects, classification, pathology, ultrastructure, metabolism