Direct Current Stimulation Modulates LTP and LTD: Activity Dependence and Dendritic Effects

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 51-58

  Kronberg, Greg ^a   Bridi, Morgan ^b   Abel, Ted ^c   Bikson, Marom ^a   Parra, Lucas C ^a  

^a City College of New York   (United States)

^b Hussman Institute for Autism   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity dependent; BCM theory; Dendrite; Membrane polarization; NMDA receptor; Synaptic plasticity; tDCS

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; ANIMAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SYNAPSE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; DENDRITES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; LONG-TERM SYNAPTIC DEPRESSION; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPSES; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

EID: 85005949192     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2016.10.001     Document Type: Article

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