Modification of the silent period by double transcranial magnetic stimulation

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1868-1872

  Wu, Tao ^a   Sommer, Martin ^a   Tergau, Frithjof ^a   Paulus, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Double transcranial magnetic stimulation; Inhibitory system; Motor cortex; Silent period

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SYSTEM; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETICS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034307855     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(00)00426-0     Document Type: Article

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