Impairment of sensory-motor plasticity in mild Alzheimer's disease

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 62-66

  Carmen, Terranova ^a   Antonino, Sant'Angelo ^a   Francesca, Morgante ^a   Vincenzo, Rizzo ^a   Roberta, Allegra ^a   Grazia, Arena Maria ^a   Lucia, Ricciardi ^a   Felice, Ghilardi Maria ^b   Paolo, Girlanda ^a   Angelo, Quartarone ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Associative stimulation; LTP; Motor cortex plasticity; Short afferent inhibition; TMS

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTOR POLLICIS BREVIS; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE STIMULATION; PAIRED ASSOCIATIVE STIMULATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84873413197     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2012.01.010     Document Type: Article

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