Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation modulates GABA B-related intracortical inhibition in the M1 of healthy individuals

NeuroReport

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 46-50

  Tremblay, Sara ^a,b   Beaulé, Vincent ^a,b   Lepage, Jean François ^a,b   Théoret, Hugo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

aminobutyric acid; Cortical silent period; Transcranial direct current stimulation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORTICAL SILENT PERIOD; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG INTERVAL INTRACORTICAL INHIBITION; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

ADULT; BIOPHYSICS; CORTICAL SPREADING DEPRESSION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL INHIBITION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870951779     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: 1473558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e32835c36b8     Document Type: Article

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