Variability in the amplitude of skeletal muscle responses to magnetic stimulation of the motor cortex in man

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 104-113

  Ellaway, P H ^a   Davey, N J ^a   Maskill, D W ^a   Rawlinson, S R ^a   Lewis, H S ^a   Anissimova, N P ^a  

^a Div Neurosci Psychol Med I ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetic stimulation; Motor cortex; Motor evoked potential; Variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 0031949360     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-980X(98)00007-1     Document Type: Article

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