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Deprivazione di sonno ed eccitabilita corticale: Studio con stimolazione magnetica transcranica

Translated title of the contribution: Changes of cortical excitability due to sleep deprivation: A transcranical magnetic stimulation study
  • C. Civardi
  • , R. Cantello
  • , P. Naldi
  • , A. Cavalli
  • , C. Varrasi
  • , C. Comi
  • , R. Tarletti
  • , R. Vicentini
  • , C. Boccagni
  • , L. Bolamperti
  • , F. Monaco

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Abstract

By a single and paired-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) study, we measured the excitability of the primary motor cortex before and after sleep deprivation in seven normal subjects. We observed a significant (p<0.05) reduction of both inhibition and facilitation, as tested by paired- TMS, after sleep deprivation. These changes might be due to the alterations in the cerebral neurotransmitters that have been associated with sleep deprivation. They likely represent a substrate for the enhanced expression of electrical and clinical epileptic abnormalities after sleep deprivation.

Translated title of the contributionChanges of cortical excitability due to sleep deprivation: A transcranical magnetic stimulation study
Original languageItalian
Pages (from-to)159-161
Number of pages3
JournalBollettino - Lega Italiana contro l'Epilessia
Issue number106-107
Publication statusPublished - 1999

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