Modification of practice-dependent plasticity in human motor cortex by neuromodulators

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1106-1115

  Meintzschel, Frank ^a   Ziemann, Ulf ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Human motor cortex; Monoamines; Practice dependent plasticity; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

BIPERIDEN; CABERGOLINE; HALOPERIDOL; METHYLPHENIDATE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PLACEBO; PRAZOSIN; TACRINE;

ADULT; AGONIST; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PLACEBO EFFECT; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745802548     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhj052     Document Type: Article

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