Reorganizing the intrinsic functional architecture of the human primary motor cortex during rest with non-invasive cortical stimulation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Polanía, Rafael ^a   Paulus, Walter ^a   Nitsche, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; REST; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VOLUNTEER; ELECTROSTIMULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; MOTOR CORTEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE NET; REST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856386230     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030971     Document Type: Article

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