Inhibitory interactions between pairs of subthreshold conditioning stimuli in the human motor cortex

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 755-764

  Bestmann, S ^a   Siebner, H R ^a   Modugno, N ^b   Amassian, V E ^c   Rothwell, J C ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cathodal electrical stimulation; Intracortical inhibition; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHIBITION KINETICS; INTEROSSEOUS MUSCLE; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEURAL INHIBITION; PERIODICITY; VOLITION;

EID: 1442348166     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2003.11.002     Document Type: Article

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