Comparison of activation of corticospinal neurons and spinal motor neurons by magnetic and electrical transcranial stimulation in the lumbosacral cord of the anaesthetized monkey

Brain

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 839-853

  Edgley, S A ^a   Eyre, J A ^b,d   Lemon, R N ^c   Miller, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corticospinal pathway; Magnetic stimulation; Monkey; Motor cortex; Motor neuron

Indexed keywords

ALPHA NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FOOT; LATENT PERIOD; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MACACA; MONKEY; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SPIKE; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0030968220     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/120.5.839     Document Type: Article

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