Enhanced rapid-onset cortical plasticity in CADASIL as a possible mechanism of preserved cognition

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2774-2787

  List, Jonathan ^a,b   Duning, Thomas ^a   Meinzer, Marcus ^b   Kürten, Julia ^a   Schirmacher, Anja ^a   Deppe, Michael ^a   Evers, Stefan ^a   Young, Peter ^a   Flöel, Agnes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

diffusion tensor imaging; ischemic small vessel disease; LTP like plasticity; transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CADASIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIRECT CURRENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; CADASIL; COGNITION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 81055124802     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhr071     Document Type: Article

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