Prolonged peripheral nerve stimulation induces persistent changes in excitability of human motor cortex

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 208, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 79-85

  Charlton, C Shona ^a   Ridding, Michael C ^a,b   Thompson, Philip D ^b   Miles, Timothy S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Motor cortex; Neuronal plasticity; Percutaneous electric nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0037445616     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(02)00443-4     Document Type: Article

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