Activation and suppression of the sternocleidomastoid muscle induced by transcranial magnetic stimulation

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 175-180

  Odergren, T ^a   Rimpilainen I ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Laterality of activation; Sternocleidomastoid muscle; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0343431373     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0924-980X(95)00246-H     Document Type: Article

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