Acute and chronic effects of ethanol on cortical excitability

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 667-674

  Conte, A ^a,b   Attilia, M L ^c   Gilio, F ^a   Iacovelli, E ^a   Frasca, V ^a   Bettolo, C Marini ^a   Gabriele, M ^a   Giacomelli, E ^a   Prencipe, M ^a   Berardelli, A ^a,b   Ceccanti, M ^c   Inghilleri, M ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cortical plasticity; Ethanol; rTMS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ETHANOL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; SPREADING CORTICAL DEPRESSION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 39049085240     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2007.10.021     Document Type: Article

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