Noninvasive brain stimulation can elucidate and interact with the mechanisms underlying motor learning and retention:
Mark R Hinder1, Paola Reissig, Hakuei Fujiyama
1Human Motor Control Laboratory, School of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Australia;
Journal of Neurophysiology
|November 29, 2013
Abstract:
Seminal work in animals indicates that learning a motor task results in long-term potentiation (LTP) in primary motor cortex (M1) and a subsequent occlusion of LTP induction (Rioult-Pedotti et al. J Neurophysiol 98: 3688-3695, 2007). Using various forms of noninvasive brain stimulation in conjunction with a motor learning paradigm, Cantarero et al. (J Neurosci 33: 12862-12869, 2013) recently provided novel evidence to support the hypothesis that retention of motor skill is contingent upon this postlearning occlusion.
