Sustained increase of somatosensory cortex excitability by tactile coactivation studied by paired median nerve stimulation in humans correlates with perceptual gain

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 584, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 463-471

  Höffken, Oliver ^a   Veit, Mathias ^a   Knossalla, Frauke ^a   Lissek, Silke ^a   Bliem, Barbara ^b   Ragert, Patrick ^b   Dinse, Hubert R ^b   Tegenthoff, Martin ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TACTILE STIMULATION; TOUCH; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN DEPTH RECORDING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; LATENT PERIOD; MEDIAN NERVE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; SENSORY PERCEPTION TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PERCEPTION; REACTION TIME; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TIME FACTORS; TOUCH;

EID: 35348887192     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.140079     Document Type: Article

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