Mechanisms of deafferentation-induced plasticity in human motor cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 7000-7007

  Ziemann, Ulf ^a,b   Hallett, Mark ^a   Cohen, Leonardo G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

GABA; Glutamate; Human motor cortex; Mechanisms of cortical plasticity; Paired pulse inhibition; Pharmacological blockade of plasticity; Transient ischemic forearm deafferentation

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; LAMOTRIGINE; LORAZEPAM; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032171590     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-17-07000.1998     Document Type: Article

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