Linked Life Data

20633393

Source:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/id/20633393

Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-7-16
pubmed:abstractText
The motor cortex can be stimulated transcranially producing excitatory and inhibitory phenomena in muscles controlled by the activated cortical areas. The physiologic bases of these effects are still relatively poorly understood because of the complexity of the interactions between the currents induced in the brain with an intricate arrangement of neural circuits in the cerebral cortex, which is composed of multiple excitatory and inhibitory networks of cell bodies and axons of different size, location, orientation and function. All forms of stimulation of the intact motor cortex tend to produce repetitive discharge of corticospinal neurones; however, different structures of these central motor circuits seem to be preferentially targeted by the available different techniques of stimulation. Direct recording of the evoked corticospinal output has provided important insight into the excitatory and inhibitory phenomena produced by cerebral cortex stimulation. An updated overview of human and animal studies on the physiologic mechanisms of intact motor cortex stimulation is presented.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1935-861X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
345-62
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-10-22
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
State of the art: Physiology of transcranial motor cortex stimulation.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Neurology, Università Cattolica, 00168 Rome, Italy. vdilazzaro@rm.unicatt.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review