The effect of acupuncture on motor cortex excitability and plasticity

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 384, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 145-149

  Yew, Long Lo ^a   Cui, S L ^a   Fook Chong, S ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Cortical excitability; Motor cortex; Plasticity; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 20444444977     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2005.04.083     Document Type: Article

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