Comparative assessment of best conventional with best theta burst repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation protocols on human motor cortex excitability

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1393-1399

  Zafar, Noman ^a   Paulus, Walter ^a   Sommer, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biphasic; Excitability; Monophasic; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTOR DIGITI MINIMI MUSCLE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR CORTEX EXCITABILITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; REACTION TIME; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 42749096928     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2008.02.006     Document Type: Article

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