Repetitive spinal motor neuron discharges following single transcranial magnetic stimuli: A quantitative study

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1628-1637

  Z'Graggen, W J ^a   Humm, A M ^a   Durisch, N ^a   Magistris, M R ^b   Rosler K M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Collision technique; Motor evoked potentials; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Triple stimulation technique

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECORDING; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ANTERIOR HORN CELLS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; REACTION TIME;

EID: 20444409410     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2005.03.012     Document Type: Article

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