Transcranial pulsed magnetic field stimulation facilitates reorganization of abnormal neural circuits and corrects behavioral deficits without disrupting normal connectivity

FASEB Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1593-1606

  Rodger, Jennifer ^a   Mo, Christina ^a   Wilks, Tenelle ^a   Dunlop, Sarah A ^a   Sherrard, Rachel M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

BDNF; Ephrin; Neuromodulation; Plasticity; rTMS; Topography

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; EPHRIN; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EYE TRACKING; GENOTYPE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOUSE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE ENDING; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN MAPPING; EPHRIN-A2; EPHRIN-A5; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE NET; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SYNAPSES; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

MUS;

EID: 84860908784     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.11-194878     Document Type: Article

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