GABAergic modulation of DC stimulation-induced motor cortex excitability shifts in humans

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2720-2726

  Nitsche, Michael A ^a   Liebetanz, David ^a   Schlitterlau, Anett ^a   Henschke, Undine ^a   Fricke, Kristina ^a   Frommann, Kai ^a   Lang, Nicolas ^a   Henning, Stefan ^a   Paulus, Walter ^a   Tergau, Frithjof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lorazepam; Neuroplasticity; Transcranial direct current stimulation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

LORAZEPAM;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FACILITATION; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; GABA MODULATORS; HUMANS; LORAZEPAM; MAGNETICS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL INHIBITION; PLACEBOS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2942620888     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0953-816X.2004.03398.x     Document Type: Article

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