Delayed plastic responses to anodal tDCS in older adults

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue JUN, 2014, Pages

  Fujiyama, Hakuei ^a,b   Hyde, Jane ^a   Hinder, Mark R ^a   Kim, Seok Jin ^a,c   McCormack, Graeme H ^a   Vickers, James C ^a   Summers, Jeffery J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Plasticity; Transcranial direct current stimulation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84904564566     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2014.00115     Document Type: Article

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