Changes in plasticity across the lifespan: Cause of disease and target for intervention

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 207, Issue , 2013, Pages 91-120

  Oberman, Lindsay ^a   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Autism spectrum disorders; Lifespan; Plasticity; Schizophrenia; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMPA RECEPTOR; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 65; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; LEVODOPA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUTISM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; DRUG SEEKING BEHAVIOR; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALADJUSTMENT; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL STRESS; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; TEMPORAL LOBE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VIBRISSA; VISUAL CORTEX;

AGING; ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS; LIFESPAN; PLASTICITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 84888862429     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: 18757855     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-63327-9.00016-3     Document Type: Chapter

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