Central and peripheral motor conduction to cremasteric muscle

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 349-354

  Ertekin, C ^a,b   Bademkiran, F ^a   Yildiz, N ^a   Ozdedeli, K ^a   Altay, B ^a   Aydogdu, I ^a   Uludag, B ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Talatpasa Bulvari   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cortical magnetic stimulation; Cremasteric muscle; Genitofemoral nerve; Groin pain; Lumbar magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CREMASTER MUSCLE; CREMASTERIC REFLEX; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVALUATION; GENITOFEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INGUINAL REGION; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NERVE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PARAMETER; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SPINAL ROOT; TECHNIQUE; THORACOLUMBAR NERVE ROOT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GENITALIA, MALE; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; REACTION TIME;

EID: 13844318433     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20247     Document Type: Article

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