A propriospinal-like contribution to electromyographic responses evoked in wrist extensor muscles by transcranial stimulation of the motor cortex in man

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 495-499

  Mazevet, D ^a   Pierrot Deseilligny, E ^a   Rothwell, J C ^b  

^a Service de Reeducation Neurologique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human; Propriospinal premotoneurone; Transcranial stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNEURON; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RADIAL NERVE; WRIST;

EID: 0030001228     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00229634     Document Type: Article

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