Brain state-dependent closed-loop modulation of paired associative stimulation controlled by sensorimotor desynchronization

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue MAY, 2016, Pages

  Royter, Vladislav ^a   Gharabaghi, Alireza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beta band; Brain state dependent stimulation; Brain computer interface; Brain machine interface; Closed loop stimulation; Motor cortex plasticity; Neuromuscular electric stimulation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITABILITY; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIAL; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIRED ASSOCIATIVE STIMULATION; PERIPHERAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SENSORIMOTOR DESYNCHRONIZATION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84966392024     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2016.00115     Document Type: Article

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