TMS activation of interhemispheric pathways between the posterior parietal cortex and the contralateral motor cortex

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 587, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 4281-4292

  Koch, Giacomo ^a,b   Ruge, Diane ^c   Cheeran, Binith ^c   Fernandez Del Olmo, Miguel ^d   Pecchioli, Cristiano ^a   Marconi, Barbara ^a   Versace, Viviana ^a   Lo Gerfo, Emanuele ^a   Torriero, Sara ^a   Oliveri, Massimiliano ^a,e   Caltagirone, Carlo ^a,b   Rothwell, John C ^c  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNEURON; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; CONDITIONING; CONNECTOME; CONTRALATERAL MOTOR CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; INTERSTIMULUS INTERVAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; RESTING MOTOR THRESHOLD; SHORT INTRACORTICAL INHIBITION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PARIETAL LOBE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 69949096670     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.174086     Document Type: Article

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