The effect of current direction induced by transcranial magnetic stimulation on the corticospinal excitability in human brain

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 478-482

  Kaneko, Kazuo ^a   Kawai, Shinya ^a   Fuchigami, Yasunori ^a   Morita, Hideki ^a   Ofuji, Akira ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

corticospinal tract; magnetic coil; spinal cord potentials; transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0030448148     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-884X(96)96021-X     Document Type: Article

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