Estimating resting motor thresholds in transcranial magnetic stimulation research and practice: A computer simulation evaluation of best methods

Journal of ECT

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 169-175

  Borckardt, Jeffrey J ^a,b   Nahas, Ziad ^a   Koola, Jejo ^a   George, Mark S ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b IOP   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor threshold assessment; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; PARAMETRIC TEST; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 33748582654     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.yct.0000235923.52741.72     Document Type: Article

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