Comparison of intracortical inhibition and facilitation in distal and proximal arm muscles in humans

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 514, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 895-903

  Abbruzzese, Giovanni ^a   Assini, Andrea ^a   Buccolieri, Alessandro ^a   Schieppati, Marco ^a   Trompetto, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CONDITIONING; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTAL ARM MUSCLE; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; INTRACORTICAL FACILITATION; INTRACORTICAL INHIBITION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OPPONENS POLLICIS MUSCLE; PROXIMAL ARM MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADULT; ARM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 0033083639     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1999.895ad.x     Document Type: Article

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