The effects of alterations in conditioning stimulus intensity on short interval intracortical inhibition

Brain Research

Volumn 1273, Issue , 2009, Pages 39-47

  Vucic, Steve ^a   Cheah, Benjamin C ^b   Krishnan, Arun V ^b   Burke, David ^c   Kiernan, Matthew C ^b  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conditioning stimulus; Interneurons; Short interval intracortical inhibition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION KINETICS; INTERNEURON; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE FIBER; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REACTION TIME; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349260704     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.03.043     Document Type: Article

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