Differential activation of nerve fibers with magnetic stimulation in humans

BMC Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Tuday, Eric C ^a   Olree, Kenneth S ^a   Horch, Kenneth W ^a  

^a University of Utah   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MOTOR NERVE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSORY NERVE; SIGNAL DETECTION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MECHANORECEPTORS; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 33747609792     PISSN: 14712202     EISSN: 14712202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-7-58     Document Type: Article

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