Changes in motor cortical excitability induced by high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of different stimulation durations

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-79

  Jung, Se Hee ^a   Shin, Jae Eun ^b   Jeong, Yong Seol ^c   Shin, Hyung Ik ^d  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b National Rehabilitation Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cortical excitability; Motor cortex; Motor evoked potentials; Paired pulse stimulation; Stimulation duration; Stimulation parameter; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 37649001834     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2007.09.124     Document Type: Article

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