The optimal interstimulus interval and repeatability of paired associative stimulation when the soleus muscle is targeted

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 221, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 241-249

  Kumpulainen, Susanne ^a,b   Mrachacz Kersting, Natalie ^a   Peltonen, Jussi ^b   Voigt, Michael ^a   Avela, Janne ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Brain plasticity; Central processing time; Motor cortex; Paired associative stimulation (PAS); Soleus muscle; Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERSTIMULUS INTERVAL; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIRED ASSOCIATIVE STIMULATION; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866038023     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-012-3165-x     Document Type: Article

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