Logarithmic distribution of amplitudes of compound muscle action potentials evoked by transcranial magnetic stimulation

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 423-434

  Nielsen, Jørgen Feldbæk ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Amplitude; Distribution; Magnetic stimulation; Motor evoked potentials; Variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; REVIEW; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR ENDPLATE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFERENCE VALUES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0029846205     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004691-199609000-00005     Document Type: Review

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