Effect of transcranial magnetic stimulation over the cerebellum on the excitability of human motor cortex

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 58-66

  Werhahn, K J ^a,b   Taylor, J ^a,c   Ridding, M ^a   Meyer, B U ^a,d   Rothwell, J C ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus; Cerebellum; Magnetic cortex stimulation; Motor cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0029927635     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0013-4694(95)00213-8     Document Type: Article

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