Threshold-level repetitive transcranial electrical stimulation for intraoperative monitoring of central motor conduction

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 95, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2001, Pages 161-168

  Calancie, Blair ^a   Harris, William ^b   Brindle, G Fred ^b   Green, Earth A ^b   Landy, Howard J ^b  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Electromyography; Evoked potential; Intraoperative monitoring; Repetitive transcranial electrical stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVALUATION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; MALE; MENINGIOMA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTONEURON; NERVE CONDUCTION; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; SAFETY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; SAFETY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; SPINE;

EID: 0035490957     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2001.95.2.0161     Document Type: Article

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