Motor cortex plasticity induced by theta burst stimulation is impaired in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1844-1852

  Opie, George M ^a   Catcheside, Peter G ^a,b,c   Usmani, Zafar A ^b   Ridding, Michael C ^d   Semmler, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b REPATRIATION GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cortical excitability; Intracortical inhibition; Neuroplasticity; Sleep disordered breathing; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONREM SLEEP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84878512767     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12203     Document Type: Article

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