Opposite optimal current flow directions for induction of neuroplasticity and excitation threshold in the human motor cortex

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 363-370

  Sommer, Martin ^a   Norden, Christoph ^a   Schmack, Lars ^a   Rothkegel, Holger ^a,b   Lang, Nicolas ^a,b   Paulus, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Central sulcus; Excitation threshold; Motor cortex; Plasticity; Precentral gyrus; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOPHYSICS; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; REACTION TIME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877785347     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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