Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation enhances procedural consolidation

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1134-1140

  Tecchio, Franca ^a,e   Zappasodi, Filippo ^c   Assenza, Giovanni ^b   Tombini, Mario ^b   Vollaro, Stefano ^b   Barbati, Giulia ^d   Rossini, Paolo Maria ^b,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e Hospital San Raffaele Cassino   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECLARATIVE MEMORY; DIRECT CURRENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 77955964998     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00661.2009     Document Type: Article

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