Functional Role of Cerebellar Gamma Frequency in Motor Sequences Learning: a tACS Study.

ABSTRACT: Although the role of the cerebellum in motor sequences learning is widely established, the specific function of its gamma oscillatory activity still remains unclear. In the present study, gamma (50 Hz)-or delta (1 Hz)-transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) was applied to the right cerebellar cortex while participants performed an implicit serial reaction time task (SRTT) with their right hand. The task required the execution of motor sequences simultaneously with the presentation of a series of visual stimuli. The same sequence was repeated across multiple task blocks (from blocks 2 to 5 and from blocks 7 to 8), whereas in other blocks, new/pseudorandom sequences were reproduced (blocks 1 and 6). Task performance was examined before and during tACS. To test possible after-effe

SUBMITTER: Giustiniani A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8674154 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature