Crossed and direct effects of digital nerves stimulation on motor evoked potential: A study with magnetic brain stimulation

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 280-289

  Manganotti, P ^a,b   Zanette, G ^a   Bonato, C ^a   Tinazzi, M ^a   Polo, A ^a   Fiaschi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO BORGO ROMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

digital nerve stimulation; motor evoked potential; transcallosal inhibition; transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE;

EID: 0030762782     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-980X(97)00018-0     Document Type: Article

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