Formation of cortical plasticity in older adults following tDCS and motor training

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Goodwill, Alicia M ^a   Reynolds, John ^a   Daly, Robin M ^a   Kidgell, Dawson J ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corticospinal excitability; Inhibition; M1 plasticity; Motor performance; Motor training; Older adults; TDCS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VERY ELDERLY; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

EID: 84895780598     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2013.00087     Document Type: Article

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