Transcranial magnetic stimulation during voluntary action: Directional facilitation of outputs and relationships to force generation

Brain Research

Volumn 1185, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 103-116

  Cros, Didier ^a   Soto, Oscar ^a   Chiappa, Keith H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Facilitation; Force; Motor cortex; Movement direction; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HAND JOINT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; REACTION TIME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 36448993333     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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