Human theta burst stimulation enhances subsequent motor learning and increases performance variability

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1627-1638

  Teo, James T H ^a   Swayne, Orlando B C ^a   Cheeran, Binith ^a   Greenwood, Richard J ^b   Rothwell, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

long term potentiation; motor learning; neuromodulation; nicotine; plasticity; stimulation

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMITTENT THETA BURST STIMULATION; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR LEARNING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THUMB; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; NICOTINE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 79959404653     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhq231     Document Type: Article

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