Movement-related cortical stimulation can induce human motor plasticity

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 34, 2010, Pages 11529-11536

  Thabit, Mohamed Nasreldin ^a,b   Ueki, Yoshino ^a   Koganemaru, Satoko ^a   Fawi, Gharib ^b   Fukuyama, Hidenao ^a   Mima, Tatsuya ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Sohag University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PERIPHERAL NERVES; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 77956127862     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1829-10.2010     Document Type: Article

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