Does Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation Induce Cerebellum Plasticity? Feasibility, Safety and Efficacy of a Novel Electrophysiological Approach

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 388-395

  Naro, Antonino ^a   Leo, Antonino ^a   Russo, Margherita ^a   Cannavò, Antonino ^a   Milardi, Demetrio ^a,b   Bramanti, Placido ^a   Calabrò, Rocco Salvatore ^a  

^a IRCCS CENTRO NEUROLESI BONINO PULEJO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Cerebellum brain inhibition; Motor adaptation; Purkinje cell; Transcranial alternating current stimulation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL AMPLITUDE; ADAPTATION; ADULT; ALTERNATING CURRENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CEREBELLAR STIMULATOR; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM BRAIN INHIBITION; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT INHIBITION; LATENT PERIOD; LONG LATENCY INTRACORTICAL INHIBITION; MALE; MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCRANIAL ALTERNATING CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION SYSTEM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; LEARNING; MOTOR CORTEX; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; CEREBELLUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959307498     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2016.02.005     Document Type: Article

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