Aging reduces experience-induced sensorimotor plasticity. A magnetoencephalographic study

NeuroImage

Volumn 104, Issue , 2015, Pages 59-68

  Mary, Alison ^a   Bourguignon, Mathieu ^a,b   Wens, Vincent ^a   Op de Beeck, Marc ^a   Leproult, Rachel ^a   De Tiège, Xavier ^a   Peigneux, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aging; Magnetoencephalography; Motor learning; Mu rhythm; Power change; Rebound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALPHA RHYTHM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALPHA RHYTHM; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949124885     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.10.010     Document Type: Article

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