Plasticity of cortical inhibition in dystonia is impaired after motor learning and paired-associative stimulation

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 975-986

  Meunier, Sabine ^a,b   Russmann, Heike ^a,c   Shamim, Ejaz ^a,d   Lamy, Jean Charles ^a,e   Hallett, Mark ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DU CERVEAU ET DE LA MOELLE ÉPINIÈRE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Dystonia; GABA; Human; Motor learning; Plasticity; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DYSTONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MOTOR LEARNING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSICIAN'S DYSTONIA; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WRITER'S CRAMP;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DYSTONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84858820814     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2012.08034.x     Document Type: Article

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