Crossed reduction of human motor cortex excitability by 1-Hz transcranial magnetic stimulation

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 250, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 141-144

  Wassermann, Eric M ^a   Wedegaertner, Felix R ^a   Ziemann, Ulf ^a   George, Mark S ^b   Chen, Robert ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Inhibition; Long term depression; Motor cortex; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN METABOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0032504025     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00437-6     Document Type: Article

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