Dextromethorphan decreases the excitability of the human motor cortex

Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1320-1324

  Ziemann, Ulf ^a   Chen, Robert ^a   Cohen, Leonardo G ^a   Hallett, Mark ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXTROMETHORPHAN; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN PROTECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0031774373     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.51.5.1320     Document Type: Article

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