Carbamazepine reduces short-interval interhemispheric inhibition in healthy humans

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 351-357

  Sommer, Martin ^a   Gileles, Elena ^a,b   Knappmeyer, Kathrin ^a,c   Rothkegel, Holger ^a,d   Polania, Rafael ^a   Paulus, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b PARACELSUS ELENA KLINIK   (Germany)

^c St Marienhospital Vechta   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbamazepine; Dextrometorphane; Interhemispheric; Lorazepam; Transcallosal; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; LORAZEPAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIZZINESS; DRUG MECHANISM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FACILITATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NAUSEA; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CARBAMAZEPINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL INHIBITION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855530376     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.07.027     Document Type: Article

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