Intracortical inhibition and facilitation upon awakening from different stages: A transcranial magnetic stimulation study

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3099-3104

  De Gennaro, Luigi ^a   Bertini, Mario ^a   Ferrara, Michele ^a,b   Curcio, Giuseppe ^a   Cristiani, Riccardo ^a   Romei, Vincenzo ^a   Fratello, Fabiana ^a   Pauri, Flavia ^c   Rossini, Paolo Maria ^d,e,f  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d Università di Roma   (Italy)

^e SAN GIOVANNI ADDOLORATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intracortical facilitation; Intracortical inhibition; Paired pulse technique; REM sleep; Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REM SLEEP; SLEEP STAGE; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REACTION TIME; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SLEEP STAGES; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 3042662110     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0953-816X.2004.03411.x     Document Type: Article

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