Facilitation of implicit motor learning by weak transcranial direct current stimulation of the primary motor cortex in the human

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 619-626

  Nitsche, Michael A ^a   Schauenburg, Astrid ^a   Lang, Nicolas ^a   Liebetanz, David ^a   Exner, Cornelia ^a   Paulus, Walter ^a   Tergau, Frithjof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENT; FACILITATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; LEARNING; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0038405097     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089892903321662994     Document Type: Article

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