Bony foramina facilitate magnetic stimulation: An experimental cat sciatic nerve model

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 79-85

  Kobayashi, Masahito ^a   Ohira, Takayuki ^a   Nakamura, Akiyoshi ^a   Gotoh, Kazuhiro ^a   Toya, Shigeo ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

bony foramina; magnetic stimulation; nerve

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORAMEN MAGNUM; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0030970584     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-980X(96)96079-8     Document Type: Article

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