Cerebellum to motor cortex paired associative stimulation induces bidirectional STDP-like plasticity in human motor cortex

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue AUGUST, 2012, Pages

  Lu, Ming Kuei ^a,c   Tsai, Chon Haw ^b,c   Ziemann, Ulf ^a,d  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebello dentato thalamo cortical pathway; Cerebellum; Human; Motor cortex; Paired associative stimulation; Spike timing dependent like plasticity; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE PROJECTION; NORMAL HUMAN; SPIKE TIMING DEPENDENT LIKE PLASTICITY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84933675048     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00260     Document Type: Article

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