Cortisol-induced effects on human cortical excitability

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 131-139

  Milani, Paolo ^a   Piu, Pietro ^a   Popa, Traian ^a   Della Volpe, Raimondo ^a   Bonifazi, Marco ^a   Rossi, Alessandro ^a   Mazzocchio, Riccardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

cortisol; neurosteroids; noise; primary motor cortex; transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HYDROCORTISONE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 77957017940     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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