Stimulus/response curves as a method of measuring motor cortical excitability in man

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 340-344

  Ridding, M C ^a   Rothwell, J C ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human motor cortex; Magnetic stimulation; Mapping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISCHEMIA; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AMPUTATION STUMPS; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HAND; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MAGNETICS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS;

EID: 0030849480     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-980X(97)00041-6     Document Type: Article

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