The role of GABA in human motor learning

Current Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 480-484

  Stagg, Charlotte J ^a   Bachtiar, Velicia ^a   Johansen Berg, Heidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; DRUG DERIVATIVE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; N-ACETYLASPARTATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ASPARTIC ACID; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX;

EID: 79952817325     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.01.069     Document Type: Article

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