Review: Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation over the human primary motor cortex for modulating motor control and motor learning

Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 193-201

  Fang, Jhih Hung ^a   Chen, Jia Jin Jason ^a   Hwang, Ing Shiou ^a   Huang, Ying Zu ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cortical plasticity; Motor evoked potential (MEP); Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS); Theta burst stimulation (TBS)

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; DISEASE CONTROL; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MODULATION;

CORTICAL PLASTICITY; IN-DEPTH UNDERSTANDING; MOTOR CONTROL AND LEARNING; MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIALS; NONINVASIVE TECHNIQUE; REPETITIVE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION(RTMS); THETA BURST STIMULATIONS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

MAGNETIC AFTER EFFECT;

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; REVIEW; THETA BURST STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 77956461548     PISSN: 16090985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5405/jmbe.30.4.01     Document Type: Review

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