Facilitation of motor evoked potentials by postcontraction response (Kohnstamm phenomenon)

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 289-297

  Mathis, J ^a   Gurfinkel, V S ^b   Struppler, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Facilitation; Magnetic stimulation; Motor control; Postcontraction activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 0030221887     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0924-980X(96)95599-X     Document Type: Article

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