Bihemispheric transcranial direct current stimulation enhances effector-independent representations of motor synergy and sequence learning

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1037-1050

  Waters Metenier, Sheena ^a,b   Husain, Masud ^a,b,c,d   Wiestler, Tobias ^a   Diedrichsen, Jörn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Generalization; Learning; Motor cortex; Motor sequence; Motor synergy; tDCS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIVIDUALIZATION; LEARNING; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULATION; TRAINING; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

GENERALIZATION; LEARNING; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SEQUENCE; MOTOR SYNERGY; TDCS;

COHORT STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892421676     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2282-13.2014     Document Type: Article

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