Reversing motor adaptation deficits in the ageing brain using non-invasive stimulation

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 593, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 3645-3655

  Panouillères, Muriel T N ^a   Joundi, Raed A ^a   Brittain, John Stuart ^a   Jenkinson, Ned ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; BRAIN; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938963629     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/JP270484     Document Type: Article

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