Low-intensity repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation improves abnormal visual cortical circuit topography and upregulates BDNF in mice

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 32, 2014, Pages 10780-10792

  Makowiecki, Kalina ^a   Harvey, Alan R ^a   Sherrard, Rachel M ^b   Rodger, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Corticotectal projection; Critical period; Geniculocortical; LI rTMS; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTECTAL PROJECTION; CRITICAL PERIOD; EPHRIN-A2A5-/- MICE; GENICULOCORTICAL; LI-RTMS; PLASTICITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; EPHRIN-A2; EPHRIN-A5; GENICULATE BODIES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; UP-REGULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84905674924     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0723-14.2014     Document Type: Article

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