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Improving online and offline gain from repetitive practice using anodal tDCS at dorsal premotor cortex

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: Administering anodal transcranial direct current stimulation at the left dorsal premotor cortex (PMd) but not right PMd throughout the repetitive practice of three novel motor sequences resulted in improved offline performance usually only observed after interleaved practice. This gain only emerged following overnight sleep. These data are consistent with the proposed proprietary role of left PMd for motor sequence learning and the more recent claim that PMd is central to sleep-related consolidation of novel skill memory.

Source: npj Science of Learning

DOI: 10.1038/s41539-021-00109-4

Authors: Taewon Kim, John J. Buchanan, Jessica A. Bernard, David L. Wright

Institutions: Duke University, Duke Medical Center, Texas A&M University

Language: English

Topic: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies

Subfield: Neurology

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,190