Tongue motor responses following transcranial magnetic stimulation of the motor cortex and proximal hypoglossal nerve in man

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-23

  Meyer, B U ^b   Liebsch, R ^a   Roricht S ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

EMG responses; hypoglossal nerve; magnetic stimulation; motor cortex; tongue muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONGUE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0031004646     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-980X(96)96598-4     Document Type: Article

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