Factors influencing cortical silent period: Optimized stimulus location, intensity and muscle contraction

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 231-238

  Säisänen, Laura ^a,b   Pirinen, Eriikka ^a   Teitti, Selja ^a   Könönen, Mervi ^a   Julkunen, Petro ^a   Määttä, Sara ^a   Karhu, Jari ^a,c  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c Nexstim Oy   (Finland)

Author keywords

Motor cortex; Motor evoked potential; Navigated brain stimulation; Silent period; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 39749110010     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2007.12.005     Document Type: Article

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