Cerebral function revealed by transcranial magnetic stimulation

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 209-219

  Cracco, Roger Q ^a   Cracco, Joan B ^a   Maccabee, Paul J ^a   Amassian, Vahe E ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical Excitation; Inhibition; Non invasive; Painless

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EXCITATION; FACILITATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0032893011     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(98)00167-8     Document Type: Article

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