Modulatory effects of 1 Hz rTMS over the cerebellum on motor cortex excitability

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 440-447

  Fierro, Brigida ^b   Giglia, Giuseppe ^b   Palermo, Antonio ^b   Pecoraro, Carla ^a   Scalia, Simona ^b   Brighina, Filippo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

1 Hz rTMS; Cerebellum; Intracortical facilitation; Intracortical inhibition; Motor cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBELLUM; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 33845808324     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-006-0628-y     Document Type: Article

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