Role of the cerebellum in implicit motor skill learning: A PET study

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 471-483

  Matsumura, Michikazu ^a   Sadato, Norihiro ^b,e,f   Kochiyama, Takanori ^a   Nakamura, Satoshi ^b   Naito, Eiichi ^c   Matsunami, Ken Ichi ^c   Kawashima, Ryuta ^d   Fukuda, Hiroshi ^d   Yonekura, Yoshiharu ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^c GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^f JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Cerebral blood flow; Learning transfer; Motor learning; Motor skill; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HAND; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS; VELOCITY;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; LEARNING; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 3142514668     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2004.04.008     Document Type: Article

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