Modulation of upper extremity motoneurone excitability following noxious finger tip stimulation in man: A study with transcranial magnetic stimulation

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 246, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 97-100

  Kotler, Markus ^a   Glocker, Franz X ^b   Leis, A Arturo ^c   Seifert, Claudia ^b   Wissel, Jörg ^a   Kronenberg, Martina F ^a   Fuhr, Peter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cutaneous stimulation; Facilitation; Human; Inhibition; Motor evoked potential; Pain; Protective reflex; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FINGER; HUMAN; MOTONEURON; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0032562670     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00243-2     Document Type: Article

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