TDCS-induced alterations in GABA concentration within primary motor cortex predict motor learning and motor memory: A 7T magnetic resonance spectroscopy study

NeuroImage

Volumn 99, Issue , 2014, Pages 237-243

  Kim, Soyoung ^a   Stephenson, Mary C ^a   Morris, Peter G ^a   Jackson, Stephen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Force adaptation; GABA; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Motor learning; TDCS

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MOTOR LEARNING; MOTOR MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; LEARNING; MEMORY; METABOLISM; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903587882     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.05.070     Document Type: Article

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