BDNF Val66Met polymorphism alters spinal DC stimulation-induced plasticity in humans

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 109-116

  Lamy, Jean Charles ^a,b   Boakye, Maxwell ^b,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

BDNF Val66Met; H reflex; Humans; Spinal DC

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; METHIONINE; VALINE;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CODON; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONINVASIVE TRACTION DEVICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

BDNF VAL66MET; H REFLEX; HUMANS; SPINAL DC;

ADULT; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84879616072     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00116.2013     Document Type: Article

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