ArticleGeriatrics (Basel, Switzerland)2016
Motor Sequence Learning in Healthy Older Adults Is Not Necessarily Facilitated by Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS).
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- Optimizing the Effect of tDCS on Motor Sequence Learning in the Elderly.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Anodal tDCS does not enhance the learning of the sequential finger-tapping task by motor imagery practice in healthy older adults.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2022Article
- Age-related changes in motor cortex plasticity assessed with non-invasive brain stimulation: an update and new perspectives.Experimental brain research · 2021Review
- Timing-specific effects of single-session M1 anodal tDCS on motor sequence retention in healthy older adults.Neuroimage. Reports · 2021Article
- Skill acquisition as a function of age, hand and task difficulty: Interactions between cognition and action.PloS one · 2019Article
- Differential Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) Depending on Previous Musical Training.Frontiers in psychology · 2018Article
- Kinematic measures provide useful information after intracranial aneurysm treatment.Journal of rehabilitation and assistive technologies engineeringArticle
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Abstract
backgroundTranscranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) of the primary motor cortex (M1) can modulate neuronal activity, and improve performance of basic motor tasks. The possibility that tDCS could assist in rehabilitation (e.g., for paresis post-stroke) offers hope but the evidence base is incomplete, with some behavioural studies reporting no effect of tDCS on complex motor learning. Older adults who show age-related decline in movement and learning (skills which tDCS could potentially facilitate), are also under-represented within tDCS literature. To address these issues, we examined whether tDCS would improve motor sequence learning in healthy young and older adults.
methodsIn Experiment One, young participants learned 32 aiming movements using their preferred (right) hand whilst receiving: (i) 30 min Anodal Stimulation of left M1; (ii) 30 min Cathodal Stimulation of right M1; or (iii) 30 min Sham. Experiment Two used a similar task, but with older adults receiving Anodal Stimulation or Sham.
resultsWhilst motor learning occurred in all participants, tDCS did not improve the rate or accuracy of motor learning for either age group.
conclusionOur results suggest that the effects of tDCS may be limited to motor performance with no clear beneficial effects for motor learning.
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