Neuronal network pharmacodynamics of GABAergic modulation in the human cortex determined using pharmaco-magnetoencephalography

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 581-594

  Hall, Stephen D ^a   Barnes, Gareth R ^b   Furlong, Paul L ^a   Seri, Stefano ^a   Hillebrand, Arjan ^c  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

amino butyric acid; Benzodiazipine; Beta; Cortex; Diazepam; Gamma; Magnetoencephalography; Neuroimaging; Oscillations; Pharmacodynamic

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG UPTAKE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSCIENCE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIAZEPAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GABA MODULATORS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PERIODICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77949417136     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20889     Document Type: Article

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