Anodal tDCS over the primary motor cortex facilitates long-term memory formation reflecting use-dependent plasticity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Rroji, Orjon ^a   Van Kuyck, Kris ^b   Nuttin, Bart ^b   Wenderoth, Nicole ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b KU LEUVEN UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERY POWERED NERVE STIMULATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM MEMORY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ELECTRODE; MOTOR CORTEX; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, LONG-TERM; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930668764     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0127270     Document Type: Article

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