Cortical hypoexcitability in chronic smokers? A transcranial magnetic stimulation study

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2517-2523

  Lang, Nicolas ^a,b   Hasan, Alkomiet ^a   Sueske, Elke ^a   Paulus, Walter ^a   Nitsche, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Afferent inhibition; Intracortical facilitation; Motor cortex; Nicotine; Smoking; TMS

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SENSORY NERVE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURAL INHIBITION; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; REACTION TIME; SMOKING; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 49549107562     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.npp.1301645     Document Type: Article

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