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Increased Excitability of Somatosensory Cortex in Aged Humans is Associated with Impaired Tactile Acuity

Melanie Lenz, Martin Tegenthoff, Karsten Kohlhaas, Philipp Stude, Oliver Höffken, Mario A. Gatica Tossi, Tobias Kalisch and Hubert R. Dinse
Journal of Neuroscience 1 February 2012, 32 (5) 1811-1816; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2722-11.2012
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DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2722-11.2012
PubMed 
22302820
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History 
  • Received June 1, 2011
  • Revision received November 25, 2011
  • Accepted December 26, 2011
  • First published February 1, 2012.
  • Version of record published February 1, 2012.
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Author Information

  1. Melanie Lenz1,
  2. Martin Tegenthoff1,
  3. Karsten Kohlhaas1,
  4. Philipp Stude1,
  5. Oliver Höffken1,
  6. Mario A. Gatica Tossi2,
  7. Tobias Kalisch1,2, and
  8. Hubert R. Dinse2
  1. 1Department of Neurology, Berufsgenossenschaftliches Universitätsklinikum Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44789 Bochum, Germany, and
  2. 2Neural Plasticity Laboratory, Institut für Neuroinformatik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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Author contributions

  1. Author contributions: M.T., P.S., O.H., M.A.G.T., and H.R.D. designed research; M.L., K.K., M.A.G.T., and T.K. performed research; M.T. and H.R.D. contributed unpublished reagents/analytic tools; M.L., K.K., P.S., O.H., M.A.G.T., and H.R.D. analyzed data; M.L., M.T., K.K., P.S., O.H., T.K., and H.R.D. wrote the paper.

Disclosures

    • Received June 1, 2011.
    • Revision received November 25, 2011.
    • Accepted December 26, 2011.
  • This study was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, project numbers TE 315/4-1 and Di 334/19-1. We thank Heike März for data collection. We are indebted to the subjects who participated in the study for their consent and cooperation. This study was performed as a part of the Collaborative Research Center 874 (research area A1 and A5) and was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG.

  • The authors report no financial conflicts of interest.

  • Correspondence should be addressed to Dr. Melanie Lenz, Department of Neurology, Berufsgenossenschaftliches Universitätsklinikum Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Burkle-de-la-Camp-Platz 1, 44789 Bochum, Germany. melanie.lenz{at}rub.de

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Journal of Neuroscience 1 February 2012, 32 (5) 1811-1816; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2722-11.2012

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Journal of Neuroscience 1 February 2012, 32 (5) 1811-1816; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2722-11.2012
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