Representation of cricothyroid muscles at the primary motor cortex (M1) in healthy subjects, mapped by navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation (nTMS)

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 123, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2205-2211

  Espadaler, Josep ^a   Rogić, Maja ^b   Deletis, Vedran ^b   Leon, Alba ^a   Quijada, Cesar ^a   Conesa, Gerardo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Cortical representation of laryngeal muscle; Corticobulbar motor evoked potentials (CoMEPs); Cricothyroid muscle; Navigated transcranial magnetic stimulator (nTMS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CRICOTHYROID MUSCLE; ELECTRODE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MUSCLES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84867030800     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2012.04.008     Document Type: Article

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