Boosting focally-induced brain plasticity by dopamine

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 648-651

  Kuo, Min Fang ^a   Paulus, Walter ^a   Nitsche, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Human; Motor cortex; Neuroplasticity; Paired associative stimulation; Transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE;

ADULT; DOPAMINE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 39349096184     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhm098     Document Type: Article

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