Aging-related decline in somatosensory inhibition of the human cerebral cortex

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 226, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 145-152

  Cheng, Chia Hsiung ^a,b   Lin, Yung Yang ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aging; Cortical inhibition; Magnetoencephalography (MEG); Paired pulse suppression (PPS); Somatosensory cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; PAIRED PULSE SUPPRESSION; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL INHIBITION; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875437243     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-013-3420-9     Document Type: Article

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