Trial reportBrain and behavior2020
Off-line effects of alpha-frequency transcranial alternating current stimulation on a visuomotor learning task.
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- No aftereffects of high current density 10 Hz and 20 Hz tACS on sensorimotor alpha and beta oscillations.Scientific reports · 2021Trial
- Off-line effects of alpha-frequency transcranial alternating current stimulation on a visuomotor learning task.Brain and behavior · 2020Trial
- Amplitude-modulated kilohertz stimulation targeting beta-band activity disrupts motor learning.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- [Microstate dynamics in motor imagery of stroke patients with transcranial alternating current stimulation modulation].Sheng wu yi xue gong cheng xue za zhi = Journal of biomedical engineering = Shengwu yixue gongchengxue zazhi · 2026Article
- Neural Mechanisms Underlying Robust Target Selection in Response to Microstimulation of the Oculomotor System.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025Article
- Modulating somatosensory alpha oscillations using short-period transcranial alternating current stimulation.Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2025Article
- Beta tACS of varying intensities differentially affect resting-state and movement-related sensorimotor power.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Article
- Differential online and offline effects of theta-tACS on memory encoding and retrieval.Cognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience · 2024Article
- An overview of the effects and mechanisms of transcranial stimulation frequency on motor learning.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2024Review
- Evidence of Neuroplastic Changes after Transcranial Magnetic, Electric, and Deep Brain Stimulation.Brain sciences · 2022Review
- The Mediating and Buffering Effect of Creativity on the Relationship Between Sense of Place and Academic Achievement in Geography.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Entrainment and Spike-Timing Dependent Plasticity - A Review of Proposed Mechanisms of Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation.Frontiers in systems neuroscience · 2022Review
- Motor Learning Based on Oscillatory Brain Activity Using Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation: A Review.Brain sciences · 2021Review
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Abstract
introductionIt has been suggested that transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) at both alpha and beta frequencies promotes motor function as well as motor learning. However, limited information exists on the aftereffects of tACS on motor learning and neurophysiological profiles such as entrainment and neural plasticity in parallel. Therefore, in the present study, we examined the effect of tACS on motor learning and neurophysiological profiles using an off-line tACS condition.
methodsThirty-three healthy participants were randomly assigned to 10 Hz, 20 Hz, or the sham group. Participants performed visuomotor learning tasks consisting of a baseline task (preadaptation task) and training task (adaptation task) to reach a target with a lever-type controller. Electroencephalography was recorded from eight locations during the learning tasks. tACS was performed between the preadaptation task and adaptation task over the left primary motor cortex for 10 min at 1 mA.
resultsAs a result, 10 Hz tACS was shown to be effective for initial angular error correction in the visuomotor learning tasks. However, there were no significant differences in neural oscillatory activities among the three groups.
conclusionThese results suggest that initial motor learning can be facilitated even when 10 Hz tACS is applied under off-line conditions. However, neurophysiological aftereffects were recently demonstrated to be induced by tACS at individual alpha frequencies rather than fixed alpha tACS, which suggests that the neurophysiological aftereffects by fixed frequency stimulation in the present study may have been insufficient to generate changes in oscillatory neural activity.
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