Motor-evoked potential amplitudes elicited by transcranial magnetic stimulation do not differentiate between patients and normal controls

International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 371-378

  Grunhaus, Leon ^a,b   Polak, Dana ^a   Amiaz, Revital ^a   Dannon, Pinhas N ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cortico spinal excitability; Major depression; Motor evoked potential; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0742288276     PISSN: 14611457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1461145703003705     Document Type: Article

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