Effect of stimulus intensity and voluntary contraction on corticospinal potentials following transcranial magnetic stimulation

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 131-136

  Kaneko, Kazuo ^a   Kawai, Shinya ^a   Fuchigami, Yasunori ^a   Shiraishi, Gen ^a   Ito, Takashi ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Central motor conduction time; Corticospinal tract; Facilitation; Motor evoked potential; Spinal cord potential; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPOUND MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0030200865     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-510X(96)00050-0     Document Type: Article

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