Facilitation of corticospinal tract excitability by transcranial direct current stimulation combined with voluntary grip exercise

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 548, Issue , 2013, Pages 181-184

  Kim, Gi Wook ^a   Ko, Myoung Hwan ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Motor evoked potentials; Transcranial direct current stimulation; Voluntary grip exercise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANOVA; GABA; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; LONG-TERM DEPRESSION; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; LTD; LTP; MEP; MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIAL; MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIALS; N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; NMDA; SPSS; STATISTICAL PACKAGE FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES; TDCS; TMS; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLUNTARY GRIP EXERCISE;

ADULT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLITION;

EID: 84880132572     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2013.05.037     Document Type: Article

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