Cerebellar continuous theta-burst stimulation affects motor learning of voluntary arm movements in humans

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 124-131

  Li Voti, Pietro ^a   Conte, Antonella ^a,b   Rocchi, Lorenzo ^b   Bologna, Matteo ^a   Khan, Nashaba ^b   Leodori, Giorgio ^b   Berardelli, Alfredo ^a,b  

^a IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Continuous theta burst stimulation; Cortical plasticity; Motor learning

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CONTINUOUS THETA BURST STIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; KINEMATICS; LATERAL CEREBELLUM; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACHING TO GRASP; REACHING TO POINT; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

CEREBELLUM; CONTINUOUS THETA BURST STIMULATION; CORTICAL PLASTICITY; MOTOR LEARNING;

ADULT; ARM; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; FINGERS; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; THETA RHYTHM; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84891631441     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12391     Document Type: Article

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