Enhancement of human cortico-motoneuronal excitability by the selective norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor reboxetine

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 330, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 231-234

  Plewnia, Christian ^a   Hoppe, Julia ^a   Hiemke, Christoph ^b   Bartels, Mathias ^a   Cohen, Leonardo G ^c   Gerloff, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical excitability; Human; Motor cortex; Norepinephrine; Plasma level; Reboxetine; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; REBOXETINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EXCITABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADRENERGIC UPTAKE INHIBITORS; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MORPHOLINES; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL INHIBITION; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0037183724     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)00803-0     Document Type: Article

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