Magnetic stimulation over different brain regions: no differential effects on the elicited sympathetic skin responses

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 94-99

  Niehaus, L ^a   Meyer, B U ^a   Roricht S ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain stimulation; Repetitive magnetic stimulation; Sympathetic nervous system; Sympathetic skin response

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN POTENTIAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; BRAIN; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; SKIN; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0031942157     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-980X(97)00077-5     Document Type: Article

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