Correlations between brain activity and components of motor learning in middle-aged adults: An fMRI study

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue APR 2013, 2013, Pages

  Wadden, Katie P ^a   Brown, Katlyn ^a   Maletsky, Rebecca ^b   Boyd, Lara A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b University of British Columbia Department of Physical Therapy ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; BOLD SIGNAL; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CUNEUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE OCCIPITAL GYRUS; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR LEARNING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL GYRUS; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PUTAMEN; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS;

EID: 84933676910     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00169     Document Type: Article

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