A Review of studies comparing methods for determining transcranial magnetic stimulation motor threshold: Observation of movement or electromyography assisted

Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 304-313

  Anderson, Berry S ^a   George, Mark S ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor evoked potentials; Motor threshold; Observation of movement; TMS; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Visualization

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450162805     PISSN: 10783903     EISSN: 15325725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078390309347372     Document Type: Article

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