Modeling direct activation of corticospinal axons using transcranial electrical stimulation

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 238-244

  Suihko, Veikko ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Corticospinal tract; D wave; Motor evoked potential; Nerve model; Transcranial electrical stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MODEL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

AXONS; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0031746936     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-980X(98)00016-2     Document Type: Article

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