A simple method for recording motor evoked potentials of lingual muscles to transcranial magnetic and peripheral electrical stimulation

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 114-118

  Ghezzi, A ^a   Baldini, S ^a  

^a Ctro Studi Sclerosi Multipla O   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cranial nerves; Hypoglossal nerve; Lingual muscles; Magnetic stimulation; Motor evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; TONGUE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERIPHERAL NERVES; TONGUE;

EID: 0031945133     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-980X(98)00008-3     Document Type: Article

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