Motor cortical plasticity in schizophrenia: A meta-analysis of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation – Electromyography studies
Several lines of investigations converge upon aberrant synaptic plasticity as a potential pathophysiological characteristic of schizophrenia. In vivo experiments using neuromodulatory perturbation techniques like Transcranial Magnetic and Direct Current Stimulation (TMS& tDCS) have been increasingly used to measure ‘motor cortical plasticity’ in schizophrenia. A systematic quantification of cortical plasticity and its moderators in schizophrenia is however lacking.
Source: Schizophrenia Research - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Urvakhsh Meherwan Mehta, Milind Vijay Thanki, Jaya Padmanabhan, Alvaro Pascual-Leone, Matcheri S. Keshavan Source Type: research