Anodal Direct Current Stimulation of the Cerebellum Reduces Cerebellar Brain Inhibition but Does Not Influence Afferent Input from the Hand or Face in Healthy Adults

Cerebellum

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 466-474

  Doeltgen, Sebastian H ^a   Young, Jessica ^a   Bradnam, Lynley V ^a,b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebellar brain inhibition; Cerebellum; Transcranial direct current stimulation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Trigeminal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBELLAR BRAIN INHIBITION; CEREBELLUM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; FACE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VISUAL FEEDBACK; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REFLEX; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBELLUM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FACE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; REFLEX; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939435829     PISSN: 14734222     EISSN: 14734230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12311-015-0713-5     Document Type: Article

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