Effects of attention on inhibitory and facilitatory phenomena elicited by paired-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation in healthy subjects

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 393-399

  Conte, Antonella ^a,b   Belvisi, Daniele ^a   Iezzi, Ennio ^a,b   Mari, Francesco ^a,b   Inghilleri, Maurizio ^a   Berardelli, Alfredo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FACILITATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BRAIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MOTOR CORTEX; REFERENCE VALUES; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 43449109782     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-007-1244-1     Document Type: Article

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