Effect of a tDCS electrode montage on implicit motor sequence learning in healthy subjects

Experimental and Translational Stroke Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Kang, Eun K ^a   Paik, Nam Jong ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cortical stimulation; Implicit learning; TDCSMotor learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SHAM PROCEDURE; STUDENT T TEST; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

EID: 79956316387     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20407378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2040-7378-3-4     Document Type: Article

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