Corticomotor plasticity and learning of a ballistic thumb training task are diminished in older adults

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1874-1883

  Rogasch, Nigel C ^a   Dartnall, Tamara J ^a   Cirillo, John ^a   Nordstrom, Michael A ^a   Semmler, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Motor cortex; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THUMB; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73449116409     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00443.2009     Document Type: Article

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