Theta-burst stimulation-induced plasticity over primary somatosensory cortex changes somatosensory temporal discrimination in healthy humans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Conte, Antonella ^a   Rocchi, Lorenzo ^b   Nardella, Andrea ^a   Dispenza, Sabrina ^a   Scontrini, Alessandra ^b   Khan, Nashaba ^b   Berardelli, Alfredo ^a,b  

^a IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LEFT LATERAL CEREBELLUM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEURONAVIGATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; THETA RHYTHM; TIME PERCEPTION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLUNTEER; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84857811514     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032979     Document Type: Article

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