Frequency-dependent, bi-directional plasticity in motor cortex of human adults

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1265-1271

  Pitcher, Julia B ^a   Ridding, Michael C ^a   Miles, Timothy S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cortical plasticity; Depression; Facilitation; Human hand; Motor point stimulation; Transcranial magnetic brain stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FACILITATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SENSORY STIMULATION; TIME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0038543258     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(03)00092-0     Document Type: Article

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