Focal brain stimulation in healthy humans: Motor maps changes following partial hand sensory deprivation

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 214, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 191-195

  Rossini, Paolo M ^a,b   Rossi, Simone ^a,c   Tecchio, Franca ^a   Pasqualetti, Patrizio ^a   Finazzi Agrò, Alessandro ^a,d   Sabato, Alessandro ^d  

^a FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Motor cortex; Neural plasticity; Spinal excitability; Transcranial stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DEPRIVATION;

EID: 0030598940     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12940-2     Document Type: Article

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