Electrical and magnetic repetitive transcranial stimulation of the primary motor cortex in healthy subjects

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 455, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-3

  Gilio, Francesca ^b   Iacovelli, Elisa ^a   Frasca, Vittorio ^a   Gabriele, Maria ^a   Giacomelli, Elena ^a   De Lena, Carlo ^a   Cipriani, Anna Maria ^b   Inghilleri, Maurizio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b S Pertini   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cortical excitability; Primary motor cortex; Repetitive transcranial electric stimulation; Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 63649098098     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.03.035     Document Type: Article

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