Enhancement of human motor cortex inhibition by the dopamine receptor agonist pergolide: Evidence from transcranial magnetic stimulation

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 208, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 187-190

  Ziemann, Ulf ^a   Bruns, Dirk ^a   Paulus, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortical silent period; Cortico cortical inhibition; Dopamine agonist; Human; Motor cortex; Pergolide; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; PERGOLIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0029875203     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12575-1     Document Type: Article

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