Cholinergic gating of improvement of tactile acuity induced by peripheral tactile stimulation

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 434, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 129-132

  Bliem, Barbara ^a   Tegenthoff, Martin ^b   Dinse, Hubert R ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cholinergic; Perceptual learning; Plasticity; Somatosensory

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; SCOPOLAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PLACEBO EFFECT; SCOPOLAMINE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TOUCH;

EID: 40649098803     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.01.040     Document Type: Article

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