Menstrual cycle effects on cortical excitability

Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2069-2072

  Smith, M J ^a   Keel, J C ^a   Greenberg, B D ^a   Adams, L F ^a   Schmidt, P J ^a   Rubinow, D A ^a   Wassermann, Eric M ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Gamma aminobutyric acid receptors; Magnetic stimulation; Menstrual cycle; Motor cortex; Neurosteroids; Paired stimulation; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; NEUROSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0032779105     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.53.9.2069     Document Type: Article

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