Effect of coil position and stimulus intensity in transcranial magnetic stimulation on human brain

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 155-159

  Kaneko, Kazuo ^a   Fuchigami, Yasunori ^a   Morita, Hideki ^a   Ofuji, Akira ^a   Kawai, Shinya ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corticospinal tract; Magnetic coil; Spinal cord potentials; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; BRAIN; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ETHERS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYL ETHERS; MIDDLE AGED; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0031569883     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(96)05324-5     Document Type: Article

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