Enhancing the quality of studies using transcranial magnetic and electrical stimulation with a new computer-controlled system

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 81-89

  Kaelin Lang, A ^a   Cohen, L G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor cortex; Motor evoked potential; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Virtual instrument

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CURVE FITTING; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVICE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FACILITATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MUSCLE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; COMPUTERS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETICS; MOTOR CORTEX; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 0034668137     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(00)00284-3     Document Type: Article

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