Effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation on the H reflex and F wave in the hand muscles

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1096-1101

  Inghilleri, M ^a   Lorenzano, C ^a   Conte, A ^a   Frasca, V ^a   Manfredi, M ^a,b   Berardelli, A ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

Author keywords

F wave; H reflex; Magnetic stimulation; Spinal cord excitability

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTOR POLLICIS BREVIS MUSCLE; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HAND MUSCLE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WRIST;

EID: 0038521314     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(03)00056-7     Document Type: Article

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