ArticleCerebral cortex communications2020
Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation of the Primary Motor Cortex after Skill Acquisition Improves Motor Memory Retention in Humans: A Double-Blinded Sham-Controlled Study.
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- Effects of transcranial alternating current stimulation on motor performance and motor learning for healthy individuals: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Pooled it
- Behaviourally driven closed-loop beta-tACS enhances beta activity and motor behaviour.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Online modulation of neural drive to lower motor neurons with high-definition transcranial alternating current stimulation (HD-tACS).Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- The Effectiveness of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) in Improving Performance in Soccer Players-A Scoping Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Transcutaneous spinal random noise stimulation enhances motor memory consolidation and corticospinal transmission in humans.The Journal of physiology · 2025Article
- The Modulatory Effects of Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation on Brain Oscillatory Patterns in the Beta Band in Healthy Older Adults.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- An overview of the effects and mechanisms of transcranial stimulation frequency on motor learning.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2024Review
- Beta tACS of varying intensities differentially affect resting-state and movement-related M1-M1 connectivity.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Article
- Exercise Effects on Motor Skill Consolidation and Intermuscular Coherence Depend on Practice Schedule.Brain sciences · 2022Article
- Trans-Spinal Direct Current Stimulation in Spasticity: A Literature Mini-Review.Frontiers in stroke · 2022Review
- Dynamic motor practice improves movement accuracy, force control and leads to increased corticospinal excitability compared to isometric motor practice.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2022Article
- Electrical stimulation of the common peroneal nerve and its effects on the relationship between corticomuscular coherence and motor control in healthy adults.BMC neuroscience · 2021Article
- 20 Hz Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation Inhibits Observation-Execution-Related Motor Cortex Excitability.Journal of personalized medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
Consolidation leading to retention of motor memory following motor practice involves activity-dependent plastic processes in the corticospinal system. To investigate whether beta-band transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) applied immediately following skill acquisition can enhance ongoing consolidation processes and thereby motor skill retention 20 adults participated in a randomized, double-blinded, sham-controlled study. Participants received tACS at peak beta-band corticomuscular coherence (CMC) frequency or sham tACS for 10 min following practice of a visuomotor ankle dorsiflexion task. Performance was measured as the average percentage time on target. Electroencephalograhy (EMG) was measured at Cz and EMG from the right tibialis anterior muscle. CMC and intramuscular coherence (IMC) were estimated during 2-min tonic dorsiflexion. Motor skill retention was tested 1 and 7 days after motor practice. From the end of motor practice to the retention tests, motor performance improved more in the tACS group compared with the sham tACS group after 1 (
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