Lasting influence of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on intracortical excitability in human subjects

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 287, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-40

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b TIANJIN FIRST CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Human motor cortex; Intracortical excitability; Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0034674673     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)01132-0     Document Type: Article

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