Increased intracortical inhibition in middle-aged humans; a study using paired-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 333, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 83-86

  Kossev, Andon R ^a   Schrader, Christoph ^b   Däuper, Jan ^b   Dengler, Reinhard ^b   Rollnik, Jens D ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Bulgaria)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age; Intracortical facilitation; Intracortical inhibition; Muscle vibration; Sensorimotor integration; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; TIME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VIBRATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; VIBRATION;

EID: 0037159584     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)00986-2     Document Type: Article

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