Magnetic transcranial stimulation: Dissociation of excitatory and inhibitory mechanisms in acute strokes

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-36

  Catano, Antonio ^a   Houa, Myriam ^b   Noël, Pierre ^b  

^a Lab Clin Neurophysiol Univ H   (Belgium)

^b SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

function recovery; magnetic transcranial stimulation; silent period; spasticity; stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTICITY; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0030955432     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-980X(96)96515-7     Document Type: Article

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