Two distinct interneuron circuits in human motor cortex are linked to different subsets of physiological and behavioral plasticity

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 38, 2014, Pages 12837-12849

  Hamada, Masashi ^a,b   Galea, Joseph M ^a,c   Di Lazzaro, Vincenzo ^d   Mazzone, Paolo ^e   Ziemann, X Ulf ^f   Rothwell, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^e Neurochirurgia CTO   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Motor cortex; Motor learning; Plasticity; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNEURON; LEARNING; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REST; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; ADOLESCENT; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR LEARNING; PLASTICITY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBELLUM; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNEURONS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907154688     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1960-14.2014     Document Type: Article

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