Role of the primary somatosensory cortex in motor learning: An rTMS study

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 532-539

  Vidoni, E D ^a   Acerra, N E ^b   Dao, E ^b   Meehan, S K ^b   Boyd, L A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Human; Implicit; Motor learning; Sensory cortex; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENSATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROPRIOCEPTION; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TIME FACTORS; TOUCH PERCEPTION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WRIST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952548278     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2010.01.011     Document Type: Article

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