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Optimal Combination of Anodal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulations and Motor Imagery Interventions
Joint Authors
Núñez-Nagy, Susana
Saruco, Elodie
Di Rienzo, Franck
Rubio-Gonzalez, Miguel A.
Debarnot, Ursula
Collet, Christian
Guillot, Aymeric
Saimpont, Arnaud
Source
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-04-02
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Motor imagery contributes to enhance the (re)learning of motor skills through remapping of cortical networks.
Combining motor imagery with anodal transcranial direct-current stimulation (a-tDCS) over the primary motor cortex has further been shown to promote its beneficial effects on postural control.
Whether motor imagery should be performed concomitantly to a-tDCS (over depolarized membrane) or consecutively (over changing neurotransmitters activity) remains to be elucidated.
In the present study, we measured the performance in a postural control task before and after three experimental conditions.
Participants received a-tDCS before (tDCSBefore), during (tDCSDuring), or both before and during motor imagery training (tDCSBefore + During).
Performance was improved after tDCSDuring, but not after both the tDCSBefore and tDCSBefore + During conditions.
These results support that homeostatic plasticity is likely to operate following a-tDCS through decreasing cortical excitability and that motor imagery should be performed during anodal stimulation for optimum gains.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Saruco, Elodie& Di Rienzo, Franck& Núñez-Nagy, Susana& Rubio-Gonzalez, Miguel A.& Debarnot, Ursula& Collet, Christian…[et al.]. 2018. Optimal Combination of Anodal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulations and Motor Imagery Interventions. Neural Plasticity،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1210148
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Saruco, Elodie…[et al.]. Optimal Combination of Anodal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulations and Motor Imagery Interventions. Neural Plasticity No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1210148
American Medical Association (AMA)
Saruco, Elodie& Di Rienzo, Franck& Núñez-Nagy, Susana& Rubio-Gonzalez, Miguel A.& Debarnot, Ursula& Collet, Christian…[et al.]. Optimal Combination of Anodal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulations and Motor Imagery Interventions. Neural Plasticity. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1210148
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1210148