Differential effects of motor cortical excitability and plasticity in young and old individuals: A transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) study

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue JUN, 2014, Pages

  Bashir, Shahid ^a,b   Perez, Jennifer M ^a   Horvath, Jared C ^c   Pena Gomez, Cleofe ^d   Vernet, Marine ^a   Capia, Anuhya ^a   Alonso Alonso, Miguel ^a   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^a,e  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e University Institute affiliated with the Autonomous University of Barcelona   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging; Cortico spinal plasticity; Cortico spinal reactivity; Motor system; Navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); CORTICOSPINAL EXCITABILITY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FINGER TAPPING TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRACORTICAL FACILITATION; INTRACORTICAL INHIBITION; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR THRESHOLD; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NINE HOLE PEG TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PINCH STRENGTH; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SILENT PERIOD; SIMPLE REACTION TIME TASK; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904573264     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2014.00111     Document Type: Article

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