Facilitation of muscle evoked responses after repetitive cortical stimulation in man

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 79-84

  Berardelli, A ^a,b   Inghilleri, M ^a   Rothwell, J C ^c   Romeo, S ^a   Curra A ^a,b   Gilio, F ^a   Modugno, N ^a,c   Manfredi, M ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetic stimulation; Motor cortex; Repetitive stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FOREARM; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE POTENTIAL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0031717218     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050493     Document Type: Article

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