| Literature DB >> 17399853 |
Fortunato Battaglia1, Angelo Quartarone, Vincenzo Rizzo, Maria Felice Ghilardi, Alessandro Di Rocco, Gaetano Tortorella, Paolo Girlanda.
Abstract
We investigated synaptic plasticity in persons with Down' syndrome (DS) and control subjects used paired associative stimulation (PAS) protocol, a paradigm capable of producing long-term potentiation (LTP)-like changes in the sensorimotor system. After PAS, patients showed less LTP-like plasticity compared to control subjects. Abnormal motor cortex synaptic plasticity may play a role in the development of motor signs in DS.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17399853 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2007.02.025
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neurobiol Aging ISSN: 0197-4580 Impact factor: 4.673