Inter-individual variability in optimal current direction for transcranial magnetic stimulation of the motor cortex

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 162, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 309-313

  Balslev, Daniela ^a   Braet, Wouter ^a   McAllister, Craig ^a   Miall, R Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Current direction; Motor cortex; Principal component analysis; Threshold detection; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MOTOR CORTEX; POSTURE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 34047180962     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2007.01.021     Document Type: Article

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