Task-specific effect of transcranial direct current stimulation on motor learning

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JUN, 2013, Pages

  Saucedo Marquez, Cinthia Maria ^a   Zhang, Xue ^a   Swinnen, Stephan Patrick ^a   Meesen, Raf ^a   Wenderoth, Nicole ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Consolidation; Corticospinal excitability; Motor learning; Neuromodulation; Primary motor cortex; tDCS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; MOTOR LEARNING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHAM PROCEDURE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

EID: 84933673664     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00333     Document Type: Article

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