Direct and indirect activation of human corticospinal neurons by transcranial magnetic and electrical stimulation

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-48

  Nakamura, Hiroshi ^a   Kitagawa, Hideki ^a   Kawaguchi, Yoshiharu ^a   Tsuji, Haruo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coil orientation; D and I hypothesis; D wave; I wave; Transcranial electrical stimulation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0030000149     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12659-8     Document Type: Article

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