Low level of intracortical inhibition in children shown by transcranial magnetic stimulation

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 120-125

  Mall, Volker ^a,c   Berweck, S ^b   Fietzek, U M ^b   Glocker, F X ^a   Oberhuber, U ^a   Walther, M ^a   Schessl, J ^a   Schulte Monting J ^a   Korinthenberg, R ^a   Helnen, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Corticospinal system; Intracortical inhibition; Motor development; Motor threshold; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDITIONING; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNEURON; INTRACORTICAL INHIBITION; MALE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TECHNIQUE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETICS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 2442478346     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-815834     Document Type: Article

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