The time course of motor cortex plasticity after spaced motor practice

Background: Motor learning takes place in several phases. Animal experiments suggest that synaptic plasticity plays an important role in acquisition of motor skills, whereas retention of motor performance is most likely achieved by other mechanisms. Objective/hypothesis: This study compared two spac...

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Main Authors: Igor Delvendahl, Nicola G. Kuhnke, Nikolai H. Jung, Florian Mainberger, Matthias Cronjaeger, Josef Unterrainer, Dieter Hauschke, Volker Mall
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011-07-01
Series:Brain Stimulation
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1935861X10001610