Corticospinal activation confounds cerebellar effects of posterior fossa stimuli

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 120, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2109-2113

  Fisher, Karen M ^b   Lai, H Ming ^a   Baker, Mark R ^b   Baker, Stuart N ^b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebellar; Corticospinal; Motor cortex; Posterior fossa; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; CEREBELLUM; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449708943     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2009.08.021     Document Type: Article

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