Effects of anodal transcranial direct current stimulation over the leg motor area on lumbar spinal network excitability in healthy subjects

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 589, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2813-2826

  Roche, N ^a,b   Lackmy, A ^a   Achache, V ^a,c   Bussel, B ^b   Katz, R ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Hopital de Saint Maurice   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG; LUMBAR SPINAL NETWORK EXCITABILITY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; H-REFLEX; HAND; HUMANS; LEG; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE NET; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957858284     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2011.205161     Document Type: Article

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