Time-related changes of excitability of the human motor system contingent upon immobilisation of the ring and little fingers

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 367-375

  Facchini, Stefano ^a   Romani, Michela ^a   Tinazzi, Michele ^b   Aglioti, Salvatore M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b Sez di Neurologia Riabilitativa   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cortical excitability; Disuse; Inhibition; Plasticity; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MOTOR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0036127951     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(02)00009-3     Document Type: Article

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