Piracetam affects facilitatory I-wave interaction in the human motor cortex

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 275-279

  Wischer, Stephan ^a   Paulus, Walter ^a   Sommer, Martin ^a   Tergau, Frithjof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

GABA; Human motor cortex; I waves; L Glutamate; Membrane fluidity; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

NOOTROPIC AGENT; PIRACETAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MYOCLONUS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE; STIMULUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PIRACETAM; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035150819     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(00)00548-4     Document Type: Article

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