Consensus paper: Probing homeostatic plasticity of human cortex with non-invasive transcranial brain stimulation

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 442-454

  Karabanov, Anke ^a   Ziemann, Ulf ^b   Hamada, Masashi ^c   George, Mark S ^d,e   Quartarone, Angelo ^f   Classen, Joseph ^g   Massimini, Marcello ^h   Rothwell, John ⁱ   Siebner, Hartwig Roman ^a,j  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

Homeostatic plasticity; Long term inhibition; Long term potentiation; Metaplasticity; Non invasive transcranial brain stimulation; Synaptic homeostasis hypothesis

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FOCAL DYSTONIA; HOMEOSTASIS; HOMEOSTATIC PLASTICITY; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MENTAL DISEASE; METAPLASTICITY; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; STRIATE CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; BRAIN; CONSENSUS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY;

BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONSENSUS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE NET; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

EID: 84942848963     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2015.01.404     Document Type: Review

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