Ovarian hormones and cortical excitability. An rTMS study in humans

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1063-1068

  Inghilleri, M ^a   Conte, A ^a   Curra A ^a,b   Frasca, V ^a   Lorenzano, C ^a   Berardelli, A ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cortical excitability; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HORMONES; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARY;

EID: 1842612055     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2003.12.003     Document Type: Article

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