Theta-burst stimulation over primary motor cortex degrades early motor learning

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 585-592

  Iezzi, Ennio ^a   Suppa, Antonio ^a   Conte, Antonella ^a   Agostino, Rocco ^a   Nardella, Andrea ^a   Berardelli, Alfredo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Human motor learning; Plasticity; Theta burst stimulation

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VELOCITY;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 75749120608     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07090.x     Document Type: Article

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