Evidence for metaplasticity in the human visual cortex

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 221-231

  Bocci, Tommaso ^a,b,c   Caleo, Matteo ^d   Tognazzi, Silvia ^a   Francini, Nikita ^a   Briscese, Lucia ^a   Maffei, Lamberto ^d   Rossi, Simone ^b   Priori, Alberto ^c   Sartucci, Ferdinando ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e CISANELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Metaplasticity; Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; Transcranial direct current stimulation; Visual evoked potentials; Visual system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; METAPLASTICITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL SUMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIATE CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOPHYSICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896695927     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: 14351463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-013-1104-z     Document Type: Article

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