Influence of the N-methyl-D-aspartate antagonist memantine on human motor cortex excitability

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 270, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 137-140

  Schwenkreis, Peter ^a   Witscher, Katja ^a   Janssen, Frank ^a   Addo, Adjoa ^a   Dertwinkel, Roman ^a   Zenz, Michael ^a   Malin, Jean Pierre ^a   Tegenthoff, Martin ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intracortical Facilitation; Intracortical inhibition; Memantine; Motor cortex; N Methy D aspartate receptor; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

MEMANTINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MEMANTINE; MOTOR CORTEX; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURAL INHIBITION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0033529785     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00492-9     Document Type: Article

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