Dependence of the transcranially induced silent period on the 'instruction set' and the individual reaction time

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 426-435

  Mathis, J ^a   De Quervain, D ^a   Hess, C W ^a  

^a Neurologische Universitatsklinik Bern   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Instruction set; Magnetic stimulation; Motor cortex; Motor evoked potentials; Reaction time; Silent period

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE TONE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ARM; BEHAVIOR; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0031786854     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-980X(98)00042-3     Document Type: Article

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