Modification of cortical excitability induced by gabapentin: A study by transcranial magnetic stimulation

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 229-232

  Rizzo, V ^a   Quartarone, A ^a   Bagnato, S ^a   Battaglia, F ^a   Majorana, G ^a   Girlanda, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cortical excitability; Gabapentin; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; EXCITABILITY; EXCITATION; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETER; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLUNTEER;

ACETIC ACIDS; ADULT; AMINES; ANTICONVULSANTS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0035176428     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100720100002     Document Type: Article

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