Long lasting effects of transcranial direct current stimulation on motor imagery

NeuroReport

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1287-1291

  Quartarone, Angelo ^a   Morgante, Francesca ^a   Bagnato, Sergio ^a,c,d   Rizzo, Vincenzo ^a   Sant'Angelo, Antonino ^a   Aiello, Elena ^a   Reggio, Ester ^b   Battaglia, Fortunato ^e   Messina, Corrado ^a   Girlanda, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^e Master of Public Health Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor imagery; Motor learning; Movement preparation; Transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; DIRECT CURRENT; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 2942627516     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wnr.0000127637.22805.7c     Document Type: Article

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