Current direction specificity of continuous theta-burst stimulation in modulating human motor cortex excitability when applied to somatosensory cortex

NeuroReport

Volumn 23, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 927-931

  Jacobs, Mark F ^a   Zapallow, Christopher M ^a   Tsang, Philemon ^a   Lee, Kevin G H ^a   Asmussen, Michael J ^a   Nelson, Aimee J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

somatosensory cortex; theta burst stimulation; transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOMODULATION; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867212493     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: 1473558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e328358b0f3     Document Type: Article

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