Reduced Motor Cortex Activity during Movement Preparation following a Period of Motor Skill Practice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Wright, David J ^a   Holmes, Paul ^a   Di Russo, Francesco ^b,c   Loporto, Michela ^a   Smith, Dave ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MOVEMENT RELATED CORTICAL POTENTIAL; MUSICIAN; NORMAL HUMAN;

ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; MUSIC; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871289643     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051886     Document Type: Article

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