The silent period after magnetic brain stimulation in generalized tetanus

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1590-1592

  Warren, Jason D ^a   Kimber, Thomas E ^a   Thompson, Philip D ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Magnetic brain stimulation; Silent period; Tetanus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; TETANUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; REACTION TIME; TETANUS;

EID: 0032709144     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199911)22:11<1590::AID-MUS16>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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