Neurophysiological features of motor cortex excitability and plasticity in Subcortical Ischemic Vascular Dementia: A TMS mapping study

Highlights • Motor cortex has enhanced excitability in AD and SIVD patients with respect to control subjects and it is plastically rearranged, without significant differences between the two demented groups. • In the whole sample of subjects examined a significant direct correlation between parameters associated to cortical excitability and those associated to cortical plasticity is evident. • Common compensatory mechanisms may act in different kind of dementing diseases.