Plasticity in the human motor system

Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 153-157

  Rothwell, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Motor system, human; Plasticity; Transcranial direct current stimulation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 77951947128     PISSN: 10217762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000314030     Document Type: Article

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