Effects of intermittent theta-burst stimulation on practice-related changes in fast finger movements in healthy subjects

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 822-828

  Agostino, Rocco ^a   Iezzi, Ennio ^a,b   Dinapoli, Loredana ^a   Suppa, Antonio ^a,b   Conte, Antonella ^a,b   Berardelli, Alfredo ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Cortical plasticity; Motor performance; RTMS

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER ABDUCTION; HUMAN; INDEX FINGER; INTERMITTENT THETA BURST STIMULATION; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM; VELOCITY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 49249127173     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06373.x     Document Type: Article

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