New insights into Alzheimer's disease progression: a combined TMS and structural MRI study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 BACKGROUND: Combination of structural and functional data of the human brain can provide detailed information of neurodegenerative diseases and the influence of the disease on various local cortical areas.
Eini Niskanen +10 more
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Exercising control over memory consolidation [PDF]
, 2017 Exercise can improve human cognition. A mechanistic connection between exercise and cognition has been revealed in several recent studies. Exercise increases cortical excitability and this in turn leads to enhanced memory consolidation.
Robertson, Edwin M., Takacs, Adam
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Resting motor threshold in the course of hand motor recovery after stroke: a systematic review
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2021 Background Resting motor threshold is an objective measure of cortical excitability. Numerous studies indicate that the success of motor recovery after stroke is significantly determined by the direction and extent of cortical excitability changes.
Jitka Veldema +2 more
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Primary sensory and motor cortex excitability are co-modulated in response to peripheral electrical nerve stimulation. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Peripheral electrical stimulation (PES) is a common clinical technique known to induce changes in corticomotor excitability; PES applied to induce a tetanic motor contraction increases, and PES at sub-motor threshold (sensory) intensities decreases ...
Siobhan M Schabrun +4 more
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Excitability of the motor cortex in patients with migraine changes with the time elapsed from the last attack [PDF]
, 2017 BACKGROUND: Motor-evoked potentials (MEPs) produced by single-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) of the motor cortex can be an objective measure of cortical excitability.
COPPOLA, GIANLUCA +6 more
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Physical Activity Modulates Corticospinal Excitability of the Lower Limb in Young and Old Adults [PDF]
, 2017 Aging is associated with reduced neuromuscular function, which may be due in part to altered corticospinal excitability. Regular physical activity (PA) may ameliorate these age-related declines, but the influence of PA on corticospinal excitability is ...
Hassanlouei, Hamidollah +4 more
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Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2022 Background Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) has attracted plenty of attention as it has been proved to be effective in facilitating motor recovery in patients with stroke.
Zhongfei Bai +2 more
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Electrophysiological studies in healthy subjects involving caffeine [PDF]
, 2010 Copyright ©2012 IOS Press All rights reserved.We review the electrophysiological studies concerning the effects of caffeine on muscle, lower and upper motor neuron excitability and cognition.
Carvalho, Mamede +2 more
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NeuroImage, 2017 For decades, oscillatory brain activity has been characterized primarily by measurements of power and phase. While many studies have linked those measurements to cortical excitability, their relationship to each other and to the physiological ...
Gerwin Schalk +3 more
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Early brainstem [18F]THK5351 uptake is linked to cortical hyperexcitability in healthy aging
JCI Insight, 2021 BACKGROUND Neuronal hyperexcitability characterizes the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). In animals, early misfolded tau and amyloid-β (Aβ) protein accumulation — both central to AD neuropathology — promote cortical excitability and neuronal ...
Maxime Van Egroo +19 more
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