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Role of the somatosensory cortex in motor memory consolidation

Author(s) -

Manasi Wali

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

journal of neurophysiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.302

H-Index - 245

eISSN - 1522-1598

pISSN - 0022-3077

DOI - 10.1152/jn.00770.2019

Subject(s) - ctbs , neuroscience , somatosensory system , transcranial magnetic stimulation , motor cortex , psychology , memory consolidation , transcranial alternating current stimulation , motor learning , consolidation (business) , primary motor cortex , stimulation , accounting , hippocampus , business

Motor memories become resistant to interference by the process of consolidation, which leads to long-term retention. Studies have shown involvement of the somatosensory cortex in motor learning-related plasticity, but not directly in motor memory consolidation. This Neuro Forum article reviews evidence from a continuous theta-burst transcranial magnetic stimulation (cTBS) study by Kumar and colleagues (Kumar N, Manning TF, Ostry DJ. PLoS Biol 17: e3000469, 2019) that demonstrates the role of somatosensory, rather than motor, cortex in human motor memory consolidation during implicit motor learning.

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