G.A.B.A and Learning sequences of movements and musical instruments.

[michael sam wild]

I read an article on this yesterday in The Mail. Neuroscientist Charlotte Stagg ( report in Current Biology) used volunteers to learn sequences of finger motions. on a pad of buttons ( sounds familiar)!

 

MRI scans were used and levels of GABA in the motor cortex were measured., the MC deals with what we do . It works as an inhibitor and high levels of GABA can slow learning. Low levels free us up.

 

can you get GABA inhibiting tablets?!!

[Steve Mansfield]

SO that's what The Ramones meant by 'Gabba Gabba Hey!' ...

[Rod Thompson]

So that's what's going wrong - I work just across the road from the Gabba (cricket ground)

[michael sam wild]

Here's an article on gamma amino butyric acid. and music and dance

 

http://www.science20.com/news_articles/cant_dance_blame_gaba_not_abba-76873