Voluntary contraction shortens peripheral conduction time in response to transcranial magnetic stimulation of the brain

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 329-333

  Izumi, Shin Ichi ^a,c,d   Findley, Thomas W ^a,b   Andrews, John F ^a,b   Daum, Miriam C ^a,b   Chino, Naoichi ^c  

^a KESSLER INSTITUTE FOR REHABILITATION   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Facilitation; Motor evoked potential; Nerve action potential; Nerve conduction velocity; Transcranial magnetic brain stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; ULNAR NERVE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 0030221638     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0924-980X(96)95060-2     Document Type: Article

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