Neurochemical effects of theta burst stimulation as assessed by magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2872-2877

  Stagg, C J ^a,e   Wylezinska, M ^a,b   Matthews, P M ^a,c,f   Johansen Berg, H ^a   Jezzard, P ^a   Rothwell, J C ^d   Bestmann, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC CLINICAL SCIENCES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THETA RHYTHM;

ADULT; ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL INHIBITION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66349122143     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.91060.2008     Document Type: Article

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