Quantification of the corticospinal silent period evoked via transcranial magnetic stimulation

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 121-128

  Damron, Leatha A ^a   Dearth, Douglas J ^b   Hoffman, Richard L ^b   Clark, Brian C ^b  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Intracortical inhibition; Motor systems; Reliability; Silent period; Skeletal muscle; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 54049123678     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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