Finger movements induced by transcranial magnetic stimulation change with hand posture, but not with coil position

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 6, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 390-393

  Wassermann, Eric M ^a,d   Tormos, José Maria ^b   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MSC 1428 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Brain mapping; Corticospinal tracts; Human; Motor cortex; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MAPPING; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FINGER; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FINGERS; HAND; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOVEMENT; POSTURE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0031708656     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0193(1998)6:5/6<390::AID-HBM11>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Conference Paper

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