Nonspecific facilitation of responses to transcranial magnetic stimulation

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 857-863

  Andersen, Birgit ^a,c   Rösler, Kai M ^b   Lauritzen, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

F wave; Facilitation; Motor control; Motor evoked potential; Spinal excitability; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EYE MOVEMENT; FACE MUSCLE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACIAL MUSCLES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REACTION TIME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0345643326     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199907)22:7<857::AID-MUS7>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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