Transcranial magnetic stimulation selectively impairs interhemispheric transfer of visuo-motor information in humans

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 435-438

  Marzi, C A ^a   Miniussi, C ^a   Maravita, A ^a   Bertolasi, L ^a   Zanette, G ^a   Rothwell, J C ^b   Sanes, J N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human; Interhemispheric transfer; Manual response; Poffenberger paradigm; Simple reaction time; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0031982646     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050299     Document Type: Article

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