Modulating cortical excitability in acute stroke: A repetitive TMS study

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 715-723

  Di Lazzaro, V ^a,b   Pilato, F ^a   Dileone, M ^a   Profice, P ^a   Capone, F ^a   Ranieri, F ^a   Musumeci, G ^a   Cianfoni, A ^a   Pasqualetti, P ^a   Tonali, P A ^a,b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Motor cortex; Plasticity; rTMS; Stroke; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL INHIBITION; REACTION TIME; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 39049105512     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2007.11.049     Document Type: Article

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