1. Enhancement of use-dependent plasticity by D-amphetamine
- Author
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Lumy Sawaki, Joseph Classen, Leonardo G. Cohen, Cathrin M. Bütefisch, and Benjamin C. Davis
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Dextroamphetamine ,Motor training ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Movement ,education ,Neurological disorder ,Use dependent plasticity ,Physical medicine and rehabilitation ,medicine ,Humans ,In patient ,Amphetamine ,Analysis of Variance ,Rehabilitation ,Neuronal Plasticity ,medicine.disease ,Evoked Potentials, Motor ,Hand ,Motor Skills ,Healthy individuals ,Female ,Neurology (clinical) ,Analysis of variance ,Psychology ,Neuroscience ,medicine.drug - Abstract
In healthy individuals, motor training can elicit use-dependent plasticity. Here the authors studied six subjects in whom training alone failed to elicit this effect. Administration of a single dose of 10 mg of D-amphetamine preceding training led to use-dependent plasticity in a subgroup of these subjects. Using pharmacologic interventions to enhance the effects of motor training might help rehabilitative efforts in patients in whom training alone fails.
- Published
- 2002