Alteration of motor cortex excitability in response to intermittent photic stimulation

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1809-1812

  Entezari Taher, Mohammad ^a   Dean, Andy C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical silent period; Intermittent photic stimulation; Photosensitive epilepsy; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOSENSITIVE EPILEPSY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MOTOR CORTEX; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0034307942     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(00)00392-8     Document Type: Article

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