Paired associative stimulation of left and right human motor cortex shapes interhemispheric motor inhibition based on a hebbian mechanism

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 907-915

  Rizzo, V ^a   Siebner, H S ^b,c   Morgante, F ^a   Mastroeni, C ^a   Girlanda, P ^a   Quartarone, A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Associative plasticity; Corticocortical connectivity; Hebbian plasticity; Interhemispheric inhibition; Motor cortex; Paired associative stimulation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; CORTICOCORTICAL PAIRED ASSOCIATIVE STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HEBBIAN PLASTICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; INTERHEMISPHERIC INHIBITION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REACTION TIME; SYNAPTIC EFFICACY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL INHIBITION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651122975     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhn144     Document Type: Article

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