Clinical applications of motor evoked potentials

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 180-194

  Rossini, P M ^a   Rossi, S ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain excitability; Brain mapping; Evaluation; Magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0031972189     PISSN: 00134694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-4694(97)00097-7     Document Type: Article

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