'Threshold-level' multipulse transcranial electrical stimulation of motor cortex for intraoperative monitoring of spinal motor tracts: Description of method and comparison to somatosensory evoked potential monitoring

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 457-470

  Calancie, Blair ^a,b   Harris, William ^a   Broton, James G ^a   Alexeeva, Natalia ^a   Green, Barth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Miami Project   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrophysiological monitoring; Intraoperative monitoring; Spinal cord; Transcranial electrical stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE TRACT; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0031916644     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1998.88.3.0457     Document Type: Article

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