Effects of paired pulse TMS of primary somatosensory cortex on perception of a peripheral electrical stimulus

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 416-424

  Koch, Giacomo ^a,b,c   Franca, Michele ^a,d   Albrecht, Urs Vito ^a   Caltagirone, Carlo ^b,c   Rothwell, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intracortical inhibition; Paired pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation; Parietal cortex; Perception; Somatosensory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HAND; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THUMB; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE NET; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THUMB; TIME FACTORS; TOUCH; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 33745013079     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-006-0359-0     Document Type: Article

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