Transcranial stimulation excites virtually all motor neurons supplying the target muscle: A demonstration and a method improving the study of motor evoked potentials

Brain

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 437-450

  Magistris, M R ^a   Rosler K M ^b   Truffert, A ^a   Myers, J P ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Collision technique; Corticospinal tract; Magnetic and electrical stimulation; Quantification of central motor conduction defects; Transcranial cortical stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; TECHNIQUE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLES; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS;

EID: 2642672813     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/121.3.437     Document Type: Article

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