Electrophysiological considerations regarding electrical stimulation of motor cortex and brain stem in humans

Neurosurgery

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 527-532

  Cedzich, Cornelia ^a,d   Pechstein, Ulrich ^b   Schramm, Johannes ^c   Schäfer, Sonja ^a  

^a Neurosurgical Clinic   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c Stiftshospital ^*  (Germany)

^d KLINIKUM NÜRNBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain stem stimulation; Cortical surface stimulation; General anesthesia; Motor evoked potentials; Stimulation parameters

Indexed keywords

ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE TRACT; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ARM; BRAIN STEM; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLES; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0031951402     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199803000-00018     Document Type: Article

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