Modulation of motor cortex excitability by different levels of whole-hand afferent electrical stimulation

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 193-199

  Golaszewski, Stefan M ^a,b   Bergmann, Jürgen ^a,c   Christova, Monica ^d   Kunz, Alexander B ^a   Kronbichler, Martin ^a,c   Rafolt, Dietmar ^e   Gallasch, Eugen ^d   Staffen, Wolfgang ^a   Trinka, Eugen ^a   Nardone, Raffaele ^a,f  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^f F Tappeiner Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mesh glove; Motor cortex excitability; Neuroplasticity; Somatosensory stimulation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84655161947     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.06.010     Document Type: Article

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