Plasticity in the human nervous system : investigations with transcranial magnetic stimulation / / edited by Simon Boniface and Ulf Ziemann [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910450525703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2003
• ISBN: 1-107-13146-4; 1-280-16088-8; 9786610160884; 0-511-11985-2; 1-139-14741-2; 0-511-06385-7; 0-511-05752-0; 0-511-30642-3; 0-511-54490-1; 0-511-07231-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 316 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 612.8
• Soggetti: Neuroplasticity; Magnetic brain stimulation
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The nature and mechanisms of plasticity / Mengia-S. Rioult-Pedotti, John P. Donoghue -- Techniques of transcranial magnetic stimulation / John C. Rothwell -- Developmental plasticity of the corticospinal system / Janet Eyre -- Practice-induced plasticity in the human motor cortex / Joseph Classen, Leonardo G. Cohen -- Skill learning / Edwin M. Robertson, Hugo Theoret, Alvaro Pascual-Leone -- Stimulation-induced plasticity in the human motor cortex / Joseph Classen, Ulf Ziemann -- Lesions of cortex and post-stroke 'plastic' reorganization / Paolo M. Rossini, Joachim Liepert -- Lesions of the periphery and spinal cord / Michael J. Angel [and others] -- Functional relevance of cortical plasticity / Pablo Celnik, Leonardo G. Cohen -- Therapeutic uses of ; rTMS / Chip Epstein, John C. Rothwell -- Rehabilitation / David Gow, Chris Fraser, Shaheen Hamdy -- New questions / Mark Hallett, Eric M. Wassermann, Leonardo G. Cohen.
• Sommario/riassunto: It is now well known that the functional organisation of the cerebral cortex is plastic and that changes in organisation occur throughout life in response to normal and abnormal experience. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a non-invasive and painless technique that has opened up completely new and fascinating avenues to study neural plasticity. First, TMS can be used to detect changes in excitability or connectivity of the stimulated cortex which may have occurred through processes such as learning or recovery from a lesion. Second, repeated TMS by itself can induce changes in excitability and connectivity of the stimulated cortex which may be used therapeutically in neurological and psychiatric disease. Third, TMS can induce short-lasting 'virtual lesions', which may directly test the functional relevance of brain plasticity. Current knowledge of all these exciting possibilities is brought together in this book, written by the world's leading experts in the field. The book is an essential compendium on plasticity of the human brain for clinical neurophysiologists, neurologists, psychiatrists and neuroscientists.