Trial-to-trial size variability of motor-evoked potentials. a study using the triple stimulation technique

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-59

  Rösler, Kai M ^a   Roth, Denise M ^a   Magistris, Michel R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brainstem magnetic stimulation; Clinical neurophysiology; Response variability; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MOTONEURON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL CORD; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 42449137009     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-008-1278-z     Document Type: Article

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