A dissociation between propriospinal facilitation and inhibition after bilateral transcranial direct current stimulation

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2187-2195

  McCambridge, Alana B ^a   Stinear, James W ^a   Byblow, Winston D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Direct current stimulation; Electrode montage; Motor cortex; Propriospinal; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVE STIMULATOR; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION SYSTEM; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROPRIOCEPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; CERVICAL CORD; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL INHIBITION; PROPRIOCEPTION; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

EID: 84901706577     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00879.2013     Document Type: Article

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