Impact of transcranial direct current stimulation on spinal network excitability in humans

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 587, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 5653-5664

  Roche, N ^a,b   Lackmy, A ^a   Achache, V ^a   Bussel, B ^b   Katz, R ^a,c  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; ARM MUSCLE; DISYNAPTIC INHIBITION; EXTENSOR CARPI RADIALIS MUSCLE; FLEXOR CARPI RADIALIS MUSCLE; INTERNEURON; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE ENDING; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINAL NETWORK EXCITABILITY;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE NET; RECEPTORS, PRESYNAPTIC; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71249129235     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.177550     Document Type: Article

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