Interaction of Motor Training and Intermittent Theta Burst Stimulation in Modulating Motor Cortical Plasticity: Influence of BDNF Val66Met Polymorphism

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Lee, Mina ^a   Kim, Song E ^a   Kim, Won Sup ^a   Lee, Jungyeun ^a   Yoo, Hye Kyung ^a   Park, Kee Duk ^a   Choi, Kyoung Gyu ^a   Jeong, Seon Yong ^b   Kim, Byung Gon ^b   Lee, Hyang Woon ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; METHIONINE; VALINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR TRAINING; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THETA RHYTHM; TRAINING; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DNA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874368904     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057690     Document Type: Article

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