Real-Time Changes in Corticospinal Excitability during Voluntary Contraction with Concurrent Electrical Stimulation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Yamaguchi, Tomofumi ^a,b   Sugawara, Kenichi ^c   Tanaka, Satoshi ^d   Yoshida, Naoshin ^e   Saito, Kei ^f   Tanabe, Shigeo ^g   Muraoka, Yoshihiro ^h   Liu, Meigen ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY OF HUMAN SERVICES   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e YOKOSUKA KYOSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f Tokyo Bay Rehabilitation Hospital   (Japan)

^g FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSPINAL EXCITABILITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FLEXOR CARPI RADIALIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MECHANOMYOGRAM; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; REHABILITATION CARE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WRIST;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84866865486     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046122     Document Type: Article

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