Muscle-specific variations in use-dependent crossed-facilitation of corticospinal pathways mediated by transcranial direct current (DC) stimulation

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 441, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 153-157

  Carson, Richard G ^a   Kennedy, Niamh C ^a   Linden, Mark A ^a   Britton, Lisa ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Homeostatic plasticity; Interlimb; Mirror movement; Motor cortex; Motor irradiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CROSS FACILITATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FACILITATION; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IPSILATERAL LIMB MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TISSUE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; WRIST;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 46749150901     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.06.041     Document Type: Article

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