Modulation of human corticospinal excitability by paired associative stimulation

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Carson, Richard G ^a,b   Kennedy, Niamh C ^a,c  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cortex; Human; Long term depression; Long term potentiation; Peripheral nerve stimulation; Spike timing dependent plasticity; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Translational neuroscience

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; VOLTAGE GATED CHANNEL FORMING PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; CEREBELLUM; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONNECTOME; CORTICAL SILENT PERIOD; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL STIMULUS TEST; EXCITATORY JUNCTION POTENTIAL; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTRACORTICAL FACILITATION; LATENT PERIOD; LEG MUSCLE; LONG AFFERENT INHIBITION; LONG INTERVAL INTRACORTICAL INHIBITION; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR FACILITATION; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PAIRED ASSOCIATIVE STIMULATION; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SENSORY STIMULATION; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SHORT AFFERENT INHIBITION; SHORT INTERVAL INTRACORTICAL FACILITATION; SHORT INTERVAL INTRACORTICAL INHIBITION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPIKE TIMING DEPENDENT PLASTICITY; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; THALAMUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84889684302     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00823     Document Type: Article

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