Journal article
Extending lifetime of plastic changes in the human brain.
- Nyffeler T Perception and Eye Movement Laboratory, Department of Neurology, University Hospital, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse 10, 3010 Bern, Switzerland.
- Wurtz P
- Lüscher HR
- Hess CW
- Senn W
- Pflugshaupt T
- von Wartburg R
- Lüthi M
- Müri RM
- 2006-12-13
Published in:
- The European journal of neuroscience. - 2006
Adult
Analysis of Variance
Eye Movements
Frontal Lobe
Functional Laterality
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Neuronal Plasticity
Reaction Time
Time Factors
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
English
The ability of the brain to adjust to changing environments and to recover from damage rests on its remarkable capacity to adapt through plastic changes of underlying neural networks. We show here with an eye movement paradigm that a lifetime of plastic changes can be extended to several hours by repeated applications of theta burst transcranial magnetic stimulation to the frontal eye field of the human cortex. The results suggest that repeated application of the same stimulation protocol consolidates short-lived plasticity into long-lasting changes.
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- English
- Open access status
- closed
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- DOI 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.05154.x
- PMID 17156218
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/218731
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