Noradrenergic modulation of human visual cortex excitability assessed by paired-pulse visual-evoked potentials

NeuroReport

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 707-711

  Höffken, Oliver ^a   Lenz, Melanie ^a   Höckelmann, Nicole ^a   Dinse, Hubert R ^b   Tegenthoff, Martin ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

excitability; noradrenaline; paired pulse visual evoked potential; visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ATOMOXETINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX EXCITABILITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADRENERGIC UPTAKE INHIBITORS; ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; HUMANS; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL INHIBITION; NOREPINEPHRINE; PROPYLAMINES; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84863836873     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: 1473558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3283565fb4     Document Type: Article

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