Direct current stimulation promotes BDNF-dependent synaptic plasticity: Potential implications for motor learning

Neuron

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 198-204

  Fritsch, Brita ^a,b   Reis, Janine ^a,b   Martinowich, Keri ^d   Schambra, Heidi M ^a   Ji, Yuanyuan ^c   Cohen, Leonardo G ^a   Lu, Bai ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Signaling; Sysneuro

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECT CURRENT; GENE ACTIVATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; PROTEIN SECRETION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HUMANS; LEARNING; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; PHOSPHORYLATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTOR, TRKB; ROTAROD PERFORMANCE TEST; SYNAPSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77952416389     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2010.03.035     Document Type: Article

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