Excitatory repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation to left dorsal premotor cortex enhances motor consolidation of new skills |
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Authors: | Lara A Boyd and Meghan A Linsdell |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada;(2) Brain Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada;(3) Graduate Program in Rehabilitation Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada |
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Abstract: | Background Following practice of skilled movements, changes continue to take place in the brain that both strengthen and modify memory
for motor learning. These changes represent motor memory consolidation a process whereby new memories are transformed from
a fragile to a more permanent, robust and stable state. In the present study, the neural correlates of motor memory consolidation
were probed using repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) to the dorsal premotor cortex (PMd). Participants engaged
in four days of continuous tracking practice that immediately followed either excitatory 5 HZ, inhibitory 1 HZ or control,
sham rTMS. A delayed retention test assessed motor learning of repeated and random sequences of continuous movement; no rTMS
was applied at retention. |
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