Age-dependent changes in physiological threshold asymmetries for the motor evoked potential and silent period following transcranial magnetic stimulation

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 502-507

  Matsunaga, Kaoru ^a   Uozumi, Takenori ^a   Tsuji, Sadatoshi ^a   Murai, Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Asymmetry; Handedness; Motor evoked potential; Silent period; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 0032407327     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(98)00020-0     Document Type: Article

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