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Ceiling Effects Prevent Further Improvement of Transcranial Stimulation in Skilled Musicians

Shinichi Furuya, Matthias Klaus, Michael A. Nitsche, Walter Paulus and Eckart Altenmüller
Journal of Neuroscience 8 October 2014, 34 (41) 13834-13839; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1170-14.2014
Shinichi Furuya
1Institute for Music Physiology and Musicians' Medicine, Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media, Hanover 30175, Germany, and
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Matthias Klaus
1Institute for Music Physiology and Musicians' Medicine, Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media, Hanover 30175, Germany, and
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Michael A. Nitsche
2Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Georg-August-University, Göttingen 37075, Germany
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Walter Paulus
2Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Georg-August-University, Göttingen 37075, Germany
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Eckart Altenmüller
1Institute for Music Physiology and Musicians' Medicine, Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media, Hanover 30175, Germany, and
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DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1170-14.2014
PubMed 
25297109
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History 
  • Received March 23, 2014
  • Revision received July 30, 2014
  • Accepted August 17, 2014
  • First published October 8, 2014.
  • Version of record published October 8, 2014.
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Author Information

  1. Shinichi Furuya1,*,
  2. Matthias Klaus1,*,
  3. Michael A. Nitsche2,
  4. Walter Paulus2, and
  5. Eckart Altenmüller1
  1. 1Institute for Music Physiology and Musicians' Medicine, Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media, Hanover 30175, Germany, and
  2. 2Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Georg-August-University, Göttingen 37075, Germany
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Author contributions

  1. Author contributions: S.F., M.A.N., W.P., and E.A. designed research; S.F. and M.K. performed research; S.F. contributed unpublished reagents/analytic tools; S.F. analyzed data; S.F., M.A.N., W.P., and E.A. wrote the paper.

  2. ↵*S.F. and M.K. contributed equally to this work and share co-first authorship.

Disclosures

    • Received March 23, 2014.
    • Revision received July 30, 2014.
    • Accepted August 17, 2014.
  • This work was supported by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

  • The authors declare no competing financial interests.

  • Correspondence should be addressed to Dr. Shinichi Furuya, Department of Information and Communication Sciences, Sophia University, 4-4 Chiyoda-ku Tokyo, Japan 1020081. auditory.motor{at}gmail.com

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Shinichi Furuya, Matthias Klaus, Michael A. Nitsche, Walter Paulus, Eckart Altenmüller
Journal of Neuroscience 8 October 2014, 34 (41) 13834-13839; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1170-14.2014

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