Effects of carbamazepine on cortical excitatory and inhibitory phenomena: A study with paired transcranial magnetic stimulation

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 267-273

  Schulze Bonhage, A ^a   Knott, H ^a   Ferbert, A ^a  

^a KLINIKUM KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbamazepine; Cortical facilitation; Cortical inhibition; Focal transcranial magnetic stimulation; Paired stimuli; Silent period

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE;

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INHIBITION KINETICS; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0030250047     PISSN: 00134694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0013-4694(96)96501-3     Document Type: Article

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