Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation enhances the effects of motor imagery training in a finger tapping task

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 113-119

  Saimpont, Arnaud ^a,c   Mercier, Catherine ^a,b   Malouin, Francine ^a,b   Guillot, Aymeric ^c,d   Collet, Christian ^c   Doyon, Julien ^e   Jackson, Philip L ^a,b  

^a CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN REHABILITATION AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Human; Mental practice; Motor imagery; Motor sequence learning; Neuromodulation; Primary motor cortex

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FINGER TAPPING TEST; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR IMAGERY TRAINING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; FINGER; IMAGINATION; INNERVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84955413922     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.13122     Document Type: Article

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