Time- but not sleep-dependent consolidation of tDCS-enhanced visuomotor skills

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 109-117

  Reis, Janine ^a   Fischer, Jan Torben ^a   Prichard, George ^a,b   Weiller, Cornelius ^a   Cohen, Leonardo G ^c   Fritsch, Brita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical excitability; Motor skill learning; Noninvasive brain stimulation; Warm up decrement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; WARM UP; ADOLESCENT; LEARNING; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); SLEEP; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922380136     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bht208     Document Type: Article

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