Duration-dependent effects of the BDNF Val66Met polymorphism on anodal tDCS induced motor cortex plasticity in older adults: A group and individual perspective

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue JUN, 2015, Pages

  Puri, Rohan ^a   Hinder, Mark R ^a   Fujiyama, Hakuei ^a,b   Gomez, Rapson ^c   Carson, Richard G ^d,e   Summers, Jeffery J ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^d TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^e QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^f LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BDNF; Corticospinal excitability; Motor cortex; Older adults; Plasticity; Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS); Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS); Val66Met polymorphism

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; METHIONINE; VALINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BDNF GENE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84936115921     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2015.00107     Document Type: Article

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