Cortical mechanisms mediating the inhibitory period after magnetic stimulation of the facial motor area

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 418-424

  Cruccu, G ^a   Inghilleri, M ^a   Berardelli, A ^a   Romaniello, A ^a   Manfredi, M ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

facial muscle; human; motor cortex; silent period; transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FACE MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNEURON; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CRANIAL NERVES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSHOCK; FACIAL MUSCLES; FACIAL NERVE; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; REFERENCE VALUES; SKIN; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 0030950944     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199704)20:4<418::AID-MUS3>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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