Excitability modulation of the motor system induced by transcranial direct current stimulation: A multimodal approach

NeuroImage

Volumn 83, Issue , 2013, Pages 569-580

  Pellicciari, Maria Concetta ^a   Brignani, Debora ^a   Miniussi, Carlo ^a,b  

^a IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cortical reactivity; EEG; LMFP; Motor cortex; Reaction time; TDCS; TEP; TMS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR SYSTEM; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REST; SYNAPTIC EFFICACY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VOLUNTEER;

CORTICAL REACTIVITY; EEG; LMFP; LOCAL MEAN FIELD POWER; MOTOR CORTEX; REACTION TIME; TDCS; TEP; TMS; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION EVOKED POTENTIAL;

ELECTRODES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; REACTION TIME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881226224     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.06.076     Document Type: Article

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