Modification of the human motor cortex by associative stimulation

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 123-128

  Pyndt, H S ^a   Ridding, M C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Afferent stimulation; Excitability; Motor cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX;

EID: 8744278969     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-004-1943-9     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Brasil-Neto JP, Cohen LG, Pascual-Leone A, Jabir FK, Wall RT, Hallett M (1992) Rapid reversible modulation of human motor outputs after transient deafferentation of the forearm: a study with transcranial magnetic stimulation. Neurology 42:1302-1306
2. Cohen LG, Bandinelli S, Findlay TW, Hallett M (1991) Motor reorganisation after upper limb amputation in man. Brain 114:615-627
3. Hamdy S, Rothwell JC, Aziz Q, Singh KD, Thompson DG (1998) Long-term reorganization of human motor cortex driven by short-term sensory stimulation. Nat Neurosci 1:64-68
4. Ilic TV, Korchounov A, Ziemann U (2002a) Complex modulation of human motor cortex excitability by the specific re-uptake inhibitor sertraline. Neurosci Lett 319:116-120
5. Ilic TV, Meintzschel F, Cleff U, Ruge D, Kessler KR, Ziemann U (2002b) Short-interval paired-pulse inhibition and faciitation of human motor cortex: the dimension of stimulus intensity. J Physiol (Lond) 545:153-167
6. Kujirai T, Caramia MD, Rothwell JC, Day BL, Thompson PD, Ferbert A, Wroe S, Asselman P, Marsden CD (1993) Corticocortical inhibition in human motor cortex. J Physiol (Lond) 471:501-519
7. McKay DR, Ridding MC, Thompson PD, Miles TS (2002) Induction of persistent changes in the organisation of the human motor cortex. Exp Brain Res 143:342-349
8. Pascual-Leone A, Nguyet D, Cohen LG JP, Cammarota A, Hallett M (1995) Modulation of muscle responses evoked by transcranial magnetic stimulation during the acquisition of new fine motor skills. J Neurophysiol 74:1037-1045
9. Ridding MC, Rothwell JC (1995) Reorganisation in human motor cortex. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 73:218-222
10. Ridding MC, Taylor JL (2001) Mechanisms of motor-evoked potential facilitation following prolonged dual peripheral and central stimulation in humans. J Physiol (Lond) 537:623-631
11. Ridding MC, Uy J (2003) Changes in motor cortical excitability induced by paired associative stimulation. Clin Neurophysiol 114:1437-1444
12. Ridding MC, Taylor JL, Rothwell JC (1995) The effect of voluntary contraction on cortico-cortical inhibition in human motor cortex. J Physiol (Lond) 487:541-548
13. Ridding MC, Brouwer B, Miles TS, Pitcher JB, Thompson PD (2000) Changes in muscle responses to stimulation of the motor cortex induced by peripheral nerve stimulation in human subjects. Exp Brain Res 131:135-143
14. Schwenkreis P, Witscher K, Janssen F, Addo A, Dertwinkel R, Zenz M, Malin JP, Tegenthoff M (1999) Influence of the N-methyl-D-aspartate antagonist memantine on human motor cortex excitability. Neurosci Lett 270:137-140
15. Stefan K, Kunesch E, Cohen LG, Benecke R, Classen J (2000) Induction of plasticity in the human motor cortex by paired associative stimulation. Brain 123:572-584
16. Stefan K, Kunesch E, Benecke R, Cohen LG, Classen J (2002) Mechanisms of enhancement of human motor cortex excitability induced by interventional paired associative stimulation. J Physiol (Lond) 543:699-708
17. Zhang W, Linden DJ (2003) The other side of the engram: experience-driven changes in neuronal intrinsic excitability. Nat Rev Neurosci 4:885-900
18. Ziemann U, Lonnecker S, Paulus W (1995) Inhibition of human motor cortex by ethanol. A transcranial magnetic stimulation study. Brain 11:1437-1446
19. Ziemann U, Lönnecker S, Steinhoff BJ, Paulus W (1996) Effects of antiepileptic drugs on motor cortex excitability in humans: a transcranial magnetic stimulation study. Ann Neurol 40:367-378
20. Ziemann U, Chen R, Cohen LG, Hallett M (1998a) Dextromethorphan decreases the excitability of the human motor cortex. Neurology 51:1320-1324
21. Ziemann U, Corwell B, Cohen LG (1998b) Modulation of plasticity in human motor cortex after forearm ischemic nerve block. J Neurosci 18:1115-1123
22. Ziemann U, Hallett M, Cohen LG (1998c) Mechanisms of deafferentation- induced plasticity in human motor cortex. J Neurosci 18:7000-7007
23. Ziemann U, Tergau F, Wassermann EM, Wischer S, Hildebrandt J, Paulus W (1998d) Demonstration of facilitatory I wave interaction in the human motor cortex by paired transcranial magnetic stimulation. J Physiol (Lond) 511:181-190
24. Ziemann U, Tergau F, Wischer S, Hildebrandt J, Paulus W (1998e) Pharmacological control of facilitatory I-wave interaction in the human motor cortex. A paired transcranial magnetic stimulation study. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol 109:321-330