Reproducibility of callosal effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) with interhemispheric paired pulses

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 219-227

  De Gennaro, Luigi ^a   Ferrara, Michele ^a,b   Bertini, Mario ^a   Pauri, Flavia ^a   Cristiani, Riccardo ^a   Curcio, Giuseppe ^a   Romei, Vincenzo ^a   Fratello, Fabiana ^a   Rossini, Paolo Maria ^c,d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^d SAN GIOVANNI ADDOLORATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Inter and intra individual variability; Motor evoked potentials; Paired pulse technique; Reproducibility; Transcallosal inhibition; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VARIANCE;

EID: 0038629122     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(03)00060-9     Document Type: Article

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