Cannabis-based treatment induces polarity-reversing plasticity assessed by theta burst stimulation in humans

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 229-233

  Koch, Giacomo ^a,b   Mori, Francesco ^a   Codecà, Claudia ^a   Kusayanagi, Hajime ^a   Monteleone, Fabrizia ^a   Buttari, Fabio ^a   Fiore, Stefania ^a   Bernardi, Giorgio ^a,b   Centonze, Diego ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

cannabinoid receptors; LTD; LTP; metaplasticity; Sativex; TBS

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; GLATIRAMER; INTERFERON; CANNABINOID; PLANT EXTRACT; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL-CANNABIDIOL COMBINATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL POLARITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALIA; CANNABIS; RODENTIA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CANNABINOIDS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; LONG-TERM SYNAPTIC DEPRESSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PLANT EXTRACTS; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 70349792162     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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