Increased excitability of the human corticospinal system with hyperventilation

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 263-267

  Seyal, Masud ^a   Mull, Brendan ^a   Gage, Blondell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticospinal excitability; F waves; Hyperventilation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERVENTILATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; HYPERVENTILATION; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0031777734     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-980X(98)00022-8     Document Type: Article

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