Air-puff-induced facilitation of motor cortical excitability studied in patients with discrete brain lesions

Brain

Volumn 122, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2259-2277

  Terao, Yasuo ^b   Ugawa, Yoshikazu ^a   Hanajima, Ritsuko ^b   Furubayashi, Toshiaki ^b   Machii, Katsuyuki ^b   Enomoto, Hiroyuki ^b   Shiio, Yasushi ^b   Mochizuki, Hitoshi ^b   Uesugi, Haruo ^b   Uesaka, Yoshikazu ^b   Kanazawa, Ichiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Air puff stimulation; Motor cortex; Sensory cortex; Thalamus; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FACILITATION; FINGER; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; THALAMUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 0032745008     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/122.12.2259     Document Type: Article

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