Changes in motor cortex excitability following training of a novel goal-directed motor task

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-54

  Gallasch, Eugen ^a   Christova, Monica ^b   Krenn, Matthias ^c   Kossev, Andon ^b   Rafolt, Dietmar ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Bulgaria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Hemispheric differences; Skill acquisition; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Use dependent plasticity; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAND FUNCTION; HAND MOVEMENT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NEUROMUSCULAR FACILITATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 58549096082     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-008-0871-y     Document Type: Article

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