Spinal associative stimulation: A non-invasive stimulation paradigm to modulate spinal excitability

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 122, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2254-2259

  Cortes, Mar ^a   Thickbroom, Gary W ^b   Valls Sole, Josep ^c   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^d,e   Edwards, Dylan J ^a,b,d  

^a BURKE MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e University Institute affiliated with the Autonomous University of Barcelona   (Spain)

Author keywords

Afferent stimulation; Conditioned H reflex; Spinal associative stimulation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL ASSOCIATIVE STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; TIBIAL NERVE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053180826     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.02.038     Document Type: Article

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