The effect of baclofen and diazepam on motor skill acquisition in healthy subjects

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 213, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 465-474

  Willerslev Olsen, Maria ^a   Lundbye Jensen, Jesper ^a   Petersen, Tue Hvass ^a   Nielsen, Jens B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

GABAergic inhibition; Intramuscular coherenc; Plasticity; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Visuomotor learning

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; DIAZEPAM; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; ERROR; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TORQUE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; BACLOFEN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DIAZEPAM; FEMALE; GABA-B RECEPTOR AGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; NEURAL INHIBITION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053917193     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-011-2798-5     Document Type: Article

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