Facilitation of human first dorsal interosseous muscle responses to transcranial magnetic stimulation during voluntary contraction of the contralateral homonymous muscle

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1033-1039

  Stedman, Alex ^a   Davey, Nick J ^a   Ellaway, Peter H ^a  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Facilitation; Magnetic stimulation; Motor evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLITION;

EID: 0031807268     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199808)21:8<1033::AID-MUS7>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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