Modulation of intracortical excitability for different muscles in the upper extremity: Paired magnetic stimulation study with focal versus non- focal coils

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 575-581

  Shimizu, T ^a,b,d   Filippi, M M ^b   Palmieri, M G ^a,c   Oliveri, M ^b   Vernieri, F ^b   Pasqualetti, P ^b   Rossini, P M ^a,b  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN NEUROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Human motor cortex; Intracortical facilitation; Intracortical inhibition; Paired transcranial magnetic stimulation; Pyramidal tract neurons

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FOREARM; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ARM; BRAIN; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032943682     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(98)00081-9     Document Type: Article

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