The modulation of cortical motor circuits and spinal reflexes using theta burst stimulation in healthy and dystonic subjects

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 449-457

  Huang, Ying Zu ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

dystonia; Motor; plasticity; premotor; TBS; theta burst stimulation; transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DYSTONIA; HUMAN; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL REFLEX; THETA BURST STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; DYSTONIA; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; HUMANS; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE NET; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 77956254130     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/RNN-2010-0554     Document Type: Review

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