Caveats when studying motor cortex excitability and the cortical control of movement using transcranial magnetic stimulation

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 121-123

  Burke, David ^a   Pierrot Deseilligny, Emmanuel ^b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; DIRECT CURRENT; EDITORIAL; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SCALP; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINAL REFLEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

AXONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; NERVE NET; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 75149128462     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2009.10.009     Document Type: Editorial

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