The sense of movement elicited by transcranial magnetic stimulation in humans is due to sensory feedback

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 556, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 651-660

  Ellaway, P H ^a,b   Prochazka, A ^b   Chan, M ^b   Gauthier, M J ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FINGER; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY SYSTEM; SKIN; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TIME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; ADULT; BRAIN FUNCTION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; SENSORY FEEDBACK; SKIN SENSATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SKIN; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 2342459002     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.060483     Document Type: Article

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