Changes in striatal dopamine release associated with human motor-skill acquisition.

The acquisition of new motor skills is essential throughout daily life and involves the processes of learning new motor sequence and encoding elementary aspects of new movement. Although previous animal studies have suggested a functional importance for striatal dopamine release in the learning of n...

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Main Authors: Shoji Kawashima, Yoshino Ueki, Takashi Kato, Noriyuki Matsukawa, Tatsuya Mima, Mark Hallett, Kengo Ito, Kosei Ojika
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3280327?pdf=render