Using repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation to study the underlying neural mechanisms of human motor learning and memory

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 589, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-28

  Censor, Nitzan ^a   Cohen, Leonardo G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN DAMAGE; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR CORTICAL EXCITABILITY; MOTOR LEARNING; MOTOR MEMORY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; REVIEW; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

CEREBRUM; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LEARNING; MEMORY; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 78650412966     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2010.198077     Document Type: Review

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