Peculiarity of soleus motor potentials evoked by transcranial magnetic stimulation and electrical stimulation of tibial nerve

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 369-375

  Wochnik Dyjas, D ^a   Glazowski C ^a   Niewiadomska, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

F wave; Motor evoked potential; Soleus; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIAL NERVE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TIBIAL NERVE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0032147148     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-980X(98)00032-0     Document Type: Article

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