Effect of paired transcranial magnetic stimulation on the cortical silent period

Brain Research

Volumn 834, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 74-82

  Shimizu, Toshio ^a,b,d   Oliveri, Massimiliano ^a   Filippi, Maria Maddalena ^b   Palmieri, Maria Giuseppina ^a,c   Pasqualetti, Patrizio ^b   Rossini, Paolo Maria ^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

Cortical silent period; Intracortical inhibition; Paired cortical stimulation; Pyramidal tract neuron

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0033542770     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01553-X     Document Type: Article

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