LTP-like changes induced by paired associative stimulation of the primary somatosensory cortex in humans: Source analysis and associated changes in behaviour

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2862-2874

  Litvak, Vladimir ^a,b   Zeller, Daniel ^a   Oostenveld, Robert ^d   Maris, Eric ^c,d   Cohen, Ayala ^b   Schramm, Axel ^a   Gentner, Reinhard ^a   Zaaroor, Menashe ^b   Pratt, Hillel ^b   Classen, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Human; Long term potentiation; Tactile perception; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENSORY NERVE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PERIPHERAL NERVES; REACTION TIME; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 34249990081     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05531.x     Document Type: Article

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