Impairment of motor cortex plasticity in Parkinson's disease, as revealed by theta-burst-transcranial magnetic stimulation and transcranial random noise stimulation

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 297-298

  Stephani, Caspar ^a   Nitsche, Michael A ^a   Sommer, Martin ^a   Paulus, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Neuroplasticity; Parkinson's disease; Random noise stimulation; Theta burst stimulation

Indexed keywords

BENSERAZIDE PLUS LEVODOPA; PRAMIPEXOLE; RASAGILINE; ROPINIROLE;

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THERAPY EFFECT; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NOISE; PARKINSON DISEASE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 79954989620     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2011.01.006     Document Type: Letter

References (5)

1. Lefaucheur J.-P. Motor cortex dysfunction revealed by cortical excitability studies in Parkinson's disease: influence of antiparkinsonian treatment and cortical stimulation. Clin Neurophysiol 2005, 116:244-253.
2. Huang Y.-Z., Edwards M.J., Rounis E., Bhatia K.P., Rothwell J.C. Theta burst stimulation of the human motor cortex. Neuron 2005, 45:201-206.
3. Terney D., Chaieb L., Moliadze V., Antal A., Paulus W. Increasing human brain excitability by transcranial high-frequency random noise stimulation. J Neurosci 2008, 28(52):14147-14155.
4. Kuo M.-F., Paulus W., Nitsche M.A. Boosting focally-induced brain plasticity by dopamine. Cereb Cortex 2008, 18:648-651.
5. Gamboa O.L., Antal A., Moliadze V., Paulus W. Simply longer is not better: reversal of theta burst after-effect with prolonged stimulation. Exp Brain Res 2010, 204:181-187.