Inter-individual variation in the efficient stimulation site for magnetic brainstem stimulation

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 122, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2044-2048

  Shirota, Yuichiro ^a   Hanajima, Ritsuko ^a   Hamada, Masashi ^a   Terao, Yasuo ^a   Matsumoto, Hideyuki ^a   Tsutsumi, Ryosuke ^a   Ohminami, Shinya ^a   Furubayashi, Toshiaki ^b,c   Ugawa, Yoshikazu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU BUNKA GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brainstem stimulation; Inter individual variation; Pyramidal tract; Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MALE; MASTOID; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN STEM; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 80052408394     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.03.025     Document Type: Article

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