Suppression of EMG activity by subthreshold paired-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation to the leg motor cortex

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 477-482

  Roy, François D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXCITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; PULSE WAVE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62949092136     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-009-1704-x     Document Type: Article

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