The influence of coil-skull distance on transcranial magnetic stimulation motor-evoked responses

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-60

  Cukic, M ^a   Kalauzi, A ^b   Ilic, T ^c   Miskovic, M ^c   Ljubisavljevic, M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEFENCE   (Serbia)

^d UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Coil to skull distance; Latency; Magnetic coils; MEP; Silent period; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REACTION TIME; SKULL; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 55849146645     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-008-1552-0     Document Type: Article

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