Transcranial magnetic double stimulation: Influence of the intensity of the conditioning stimulus

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 462-469

  Schafer M ^a   Biesecker, J C ^a,b   Schulze Bonhage, A ^a   Ferbert, A ^a  

^a KLINIKUM KASSEL   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conditioning stimulus; Inhibitory interneurons; Stimulus parameters; Transcranial double magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNEURON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0345215165     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-980X(97)00054-4     Document Type: Article

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