Measuring TMS stimulus/response characteristics from both hemispheres simultaneously for proximal and distal upper limb muscles

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 371-375

  Ray, Julian L ^a   McNamara, Brian ^a   Priest, Andrew ^a   Boniface, Simon J ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bilateral magnetic stimulation; Coil current direction; Motor cortex; Pulse configuration; Stimulus response curve. MEP, motor evoked potential; S R, stimulus response

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRAIN CORTEX; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0036422849     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004691-200208000-00009     Document Type: Article

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