Changes in motor cortical excitability in humans following orally administered theophylline

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 355, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 65-68

  Nardone, R ^a   Buffone, E ^a   Covi, M ^a   Lochner, P G ^a   Tezzon, F ^a  

^a 'F Tappeiner' Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Theophylline; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Aminobutyric acid

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CONVULSANT AGENT; PLACEBO; THEOPHYLLINE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXCITATION; FACILITATION; FEMALE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHIBITION KINETICS; INNERVATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETISM; MALE; MEASUREMENT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARAMETER; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUE; REST; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0347914614     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2003.10.055     Document Type: Article

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