{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["King EM"],"funding":["National Institutes of Health"],"pagination":["e0276060"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9565666"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["17(10)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Learning to sequence movements is necessary for skillful interaction with the environment. Neuroplasticity, particularly long-term potentiation (LTP), within sensorimotor networks underlies the acquisition of motor skill. Short-term immobilization of the arm, even less than 12 hours, can reduce corticospinal excitability and increase the capacity for LTP-like plasticity within the contralateral primary motor cortex. However, it is still unclear whether short-term immobilization influences motor skill acquisition. The current study aimed to evaluate the effect of short-term arm immobilization on implicit, sequence-specific motor skill acquisition using a modified Serial Reaction Time Task (SRTT). Twenty young, neurotypical adults underwent a single SRTT training session after six hours of i"],"journal":["PloS one"],"pubmed_title":["Effects of short-term arm immobilization on motor skill acquisition."],"pmcid":["PMC9565666"],"funding_grant_id":["2T32HD071845-06"],"pubmed_authors":["Borich MR","Edwards LL","King EM"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Effects of short-term arm immobilization on motor skill acquisition.","description":"Learning to sequence movements is necessary for skillful interaction with the environment. Neuroplasticity, particularly long-term potentiation (LTP), within sensorimotor networks underlies the acquisition of motor skill. Short-term immobilization of the arm, even less than 12 hours, can reduce corticospinal excitability and increase the capacity for LTP-like plasticity within the contralateral primary motor cortex. However, it is still unclear whether short-term immobilization influences motor skill acquisition. The current study aimed to evaluate the effect of short-term arm immobilization on implicit, sequence-specific motor skill acquisition using a modified Serial Reaction Time Task (SRTT). Twenty young, neurotypical adults underwent a single SRTT training session after six hours of i","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022","modification":"2025-04-18T18:33:05.829Z","creation":"2025-04-07T06:13:02.655Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9565666","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36240219"],"doi":["10.1371/journal.pone.0276060"]}}