The number of full-sine cycles per pulse influences the efficacy of multicycle transcranial magnetic stimulation

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 148-154

  Pechmann, Astrid ^a   Delvendahl, Igor ^a   Bergmann, Til O ^b   Ritter, Christoph ^b   Hartwigsen, Gesa ^b   Gleich, Bernhard ^c   Gattinger, Norbert ^c   Mall, Volker ^a   Siebner, Hartwig R ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

motor cortex; motor threshold; polyphasic; pulse configuration; transcranial magnetic stimulation; waveform

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84861230562     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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