Cortical oscillatory activity and the induction of plasticity in the human motor cortex

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1916-1924

  Mcallister, Suzanne M ^a   Rothwell, John C ^b   Ridding, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electroencephalogram; Electroencephalography; Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; Theta burst stimulation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PERIODICITY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955946096     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07673.x     Document Type: Article

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