Half sine, monophasic and biphasic transcranial magnetic stimulation of the human motor cortex

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 838-844

  Sommer, Martin ^a   Alfaro, Aránzazu ^a,b,c   Rummel, Milena ^a   Speck, Sascha ^a   Lang, Nicolas ^a   Tings, Tobias ^a   Paulus, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO DE NEUROCIENCIAS   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biphasic; Monophasic; Motor cortex; Stimulus configuration; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WAVEFORM;

ADULT; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 33644924307     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2005.10.029     Document Type: Article

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