Variation of reaction time can be reduced by the time locked application of magnetic stimulation of the motor cortex

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 495-501

  Masur, H ^a   Schneider, U ^b   Papke, K ^b   Oberwittler, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Reaction time; Silent period; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Voluntary movement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REACTION TIME; THUMB;

EID: 0029752562     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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