The homeostatic interaction between anodal transcranial direct current stimulation and motor learning in humans is related to GABAA activity

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 898-905

  Amadi, Ugwechi ^a   Allman, Claire ^a   Johansen Berg, Heidi ^a   Stagg, Charlotte J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GABA; Homeostatic plasticity; Motor learning; Non invasive brain stimulation (NIBS)

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANODAL TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GLUTAMATERGIC SYNAPSE; HOMEOSTASIS; HOMEOSTATIC INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR LEARNING; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SHORT INTERVAL INTRA CORTICAL INHIBITION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRODE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ELECTRODES; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; GABAERGIC NEURONS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84941170813     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2015.04.010     Document Type: Article

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