Possible differences between the time courses of presynaptic and postsynaptic GABAB mediated inhibition in the human motor cortex

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 184, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 571-577

  Chu, Jason ^a   Gunraj, Carolyn ^a   Chen, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cortical inhibition; GABA receptors; Human; Intracortical inhibition; Motor cortex; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL INHIBITION; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 38349087007     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-007-1125-7     Document Type: Article

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