Decreased input to the motor cortex increases motor cortical excitability

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 117, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2496-2503

  Todd, Gabrielle ^a,b   Butler, Jane E ^b   Gandevia, S C ^b   Taylor, Janet L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Afferents; Motor cortex; Motor evoked potential; Plasticity; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; ULNAR NERVE;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 33749636534     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2006.07.303     Document Type: Article

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