Dissociating the roles of the cerebellum and motor cortex during adaptive learning: The motor cortex retains what the cerebellum learns

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1761-1770

  Galea, Joseph M ^a   Vazquez, Alejandro ^b   Pasricha, Neel ^c   Orban De Xivry, Jean Jacques ^b   Celnik, Pablo ^a,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptation; cerebellum; direct current stimulation; learning; motor cortex

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; CEREBELLUM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960731384     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhq246     Document Type: Article

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