Cortical plasticity induced by transcranial magnetic stimulation during wakefulness affects electroencephalogram activity during sleep.

BACKGROUND:Sleep electroencephalogram (EEG) brain oscillations in the low-frequency range show local signs of homeostatic regulation after learning. Such increases and decreases of slow wave activity are limited to the cortical regions involved in specific task performance during wakefulness. Here,...

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Main Authors: Luigi De Gennaro, Fabiana Fratello, Cristina Marzano, Fabio Moroni, Giuseppe Curcio, Daniela Tempesta, Maria Concetta Pellicciari, Cornelia Pirulli, Michele Ferrara, Paolo Maria Rossini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-06-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2423620?pdf=render