Transspinal direct current stimulation immediately modifies motor cortex sensorimotor maps

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2801-2811

  Song, Weiguo ^a   Truong, Dennis Q ^b   Bikson, Marom ^b   Martin, John H ^a,c  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b City College of New York   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor cortex; Movement control; Neuromodulation; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRENT DENSITY; DIRECT CURRENT; DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; HOFFMANN REFLEX; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORY EVOKED POTENTIAL; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WRIST; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIAL; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SOMATOSENSORY EVOKED POTENTIAL; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; NERVE NET; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION;

EID: 84982068137     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00784.2014     Document Type: Article

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