rTMS over the cerebellum can increase corticospinal excitability through a spinal mechanism involving activation of peripheral nerve fibres

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1435-1440

  Gerschlager, W ^a,b   Christensen, L O D ^a   Bestmann, S ^a   Rothwell, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Hoffman reflex; Motor evoked potentials; Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FOREARM; HAND MUSCLE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; MALE; NECK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBELLUM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FOREARM; H-REFLEX; HAND; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECK; NERVE FIBERS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0036348815     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(02)00156-6     Document Type: Article

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