Enhancement of precise hand movement by transcranial direct current stimulation

NeuroReport

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 78-82

  Matsuo, Atsushi ^a   Maeoka, Hiroshi ^a   Hiyamizu, Makoto ^a   Shomoto, Koji ^a   Morioka, Shu ^a   Seki, Keiko ^b  

^a KIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Motor performance; Primary motor cortex; Transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEVIATION AREA; DRAWING; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND FUNCTION; HAND GRIP; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; PATH LENGTH; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

BRAIN MAPPING; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551515143     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e32834298b3     Document Type: Article

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