Pharmacological modulation of cortical excitability shifts induced by transcranial direct current stimulation in humans

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 553, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 293-301

  Nitsche, M A ^a   Fricke, K ^a   Henschke, U ^a   Schlitterlau, A ^a   Liebetanz, D ^a   Lang, N ^a   Henning, S ^a   Tergau, F ^a   Paulus, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ION; CARBAMAZEPINE; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; FLUNARIZINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; SODIUM ION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CALCIUM CONDUCTANCE; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECT CURRENT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMBRANE POLARIZATION AND DEPOLARIZATION; MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM CONDUCTANCE; ANODE; CATHODE; ELECTRODE; EVENING DOSAGE; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR CORTICAL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

ADULT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CARBAMAZEPINE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; FLUNARIZINE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS;

EID: 0344033802     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.049916     Document Type: Article

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