Responses of human single motor units to transcranial magnetic stimulation

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 94-101

  Garland, S Jayne ^a,b   Miles, Timothy S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

human; magnetic stimulation; motor evoked potential; motor unit; silent period

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTONEURON; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0031008307     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-980X(97)96111-7     Document Type: Article

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