Long-lasting modulation of human motor cortex following prolonged transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) of forearm muscles: Evidence of reciprocal inhibition and facilitation

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 457-464

  Tinazzi, Michele ^a   Zarattini, Stefano ^b   Valeriani, Massimiliano ^c   Romito, Silvia ^a   Farina, Simona ^b   Moretto, Giuseppe ^a   Smania, Nicola ^b   Fiaschi, Antonio ^b   Abbruzzese, Giovanni ^d  

^a TMD Study Group   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Magnetic stimulation; Motor control; Motor cortex; Plasticity; Sensory stimulation; TENS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTONIA; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXTENSOR CARPI RADIALIS; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; FLEXOR CARPI RADIALIS; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FOREARM; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTEROSSEOUS MUSCLE; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPASTICITY; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; TIME; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 15244360994     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-004-2091-y     Document Type: Article

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