Trial reportThe international journal of neuropsychopharmacology2017
Acute and Chronic Noradrenergic Effects on Cortical Excitability in Healthy Humans.
Trial report in The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.
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- Reduction of intracortical inhibition (ICI) correlates with cognitive performance and psychopathology symptoms in schizophrenia.Schizophrenia (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2024Article
- Axon morphology and intrinsic cellular properties determine repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation threshold for plasticity.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2024Article
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- Recent advances in anxiety disorders: Focus on animal models and pathological mechanisms.Animal models and experimental medicine · 2023Review
- Transcutaneous cervical vagus nerve stimulation improved motor cortex excitability in healthy adults: a randomized, single-blind, self-crossover design study.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Article
- NMDA receptor-related mechanisms of dopaminergic modulation of tDCS-induced neuroplasticity.Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) · 2022Article
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- Assessing the Effect of Simultaneous Combining of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation on the Improvement of Working Memory Performance in Healthy Individuals.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Article
- Cognitive functions and underlying parameters of human brain physiology are associated with chronotype.Nature communications · 2021Article
- Noradrenergic Enhancement of Motor Learning, Attention, and Working Memory in Humans.The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology · 2021Article
- tDCS peripheral nerve stimulation: a neglected mode of action?Molecular psychiatry · 2021Review
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Assess Exercise-Induced Neuroplasticity.Frontiers in neuroergonomics · 2021Review
- Fast Intracortical Sensory-Motor Integration: A Window Into the Pathophysiology of Parkinson's Disease.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2019Article
- External stimulation of the trigeminal nerve causes pupil dilation in healthy volunteers, suggesting locus coeruleus modulation.Brain stimulationArticle
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Abstract
Background: Noradrenaline is a major neuromodulator in the central nervous system, and it is involved in the pathophysiology of diverse neuropsychiatric diseases. Previous transcranial magnetic stimulation studies suggested that acute application of selective noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors enhances cortical excitability in the human brain. However, other, such like clinical effects, usually require prolonged noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor treatment, which might go along with different physiological effects. Methods: The purpose of this study was to investigate the acute and chronic effects of the selective noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor reboxetine on cortical excitability in healthy humans in a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized crossover study. Sixteen subjects were assessed with different transcranial magnetic stimulation measurements: motor thresholds, input-output curve, short-latency intracortical inhibition and intracortical facilitation, I-wave facilitation, and short-interval afferent inhibition before and after placebo or reboxetine (8 mg) single-dose administration. Afterwards, the same subjects took reboxetine (8 mg/d) consecutively for 21 days. During this period (subjects underwent 2 experimental sessions with identical transcranial magnetic stimulation measures under placebo or reboxetine), transcranial magnetic stimulation measurements were assessed before and after drug intake. Results: Both single-dose and chronic administration of reboxetine increased cortical excitability; increased the slope of the input-output curve, intracortical facilitation, and I-wave facilitation; but decreased short-latency intracortical inhibition and short-interval afferent inhibition. Moreover, chronic reboxetine showed a larger enhancement of intracortical facilitation and I-wave facilitation compared with single-dose application. Conclusions: The results show physiological mechanisms of noradrenergic enhancement possibly underlying the functional effects of reboxetine regarding acute and chronic application.
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