Increased facilitation of the primary motor cortex following 1 Hz repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the contralateral cerebellum in normal humans

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 376, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 188-193

  Oliveri, Massimiliano ^a,b   Koch, Giacomo ^a,c   Torriero, Sara ^a   Caltagirone, Carlo ^a,c  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Motor cortex; Motor evoked potentials; TMS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 13844266331     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.11.053     Document Type: Article

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