Rapid modulation of GABA concentration in human sensorimotor cortex during motor learning

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1639-1644

  Floyer Lea, Anna ^a   Wylezinska, Marzena ^a   Kincses, Tamas ^a   Matthews, Paul M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HAND; HUMAN; LEARNING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

ADULT; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646014139     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00346.2005     Document Type: Article

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