Effect of low-frequency rTMS on motor neuron excitability after stroke

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 26-30

  Kondo, T ^a   Kakuda, W ^b   Yamada, N ^b   Shimizu, M ^a   Hagino, H ^c   Abo, M ^b  

^a Department of Rehabilitation Medicine   (Japan)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

F wave; Motor neuron excitability; Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; Stroke; Upper limb hemiparesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REPETITIVE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

AGED; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; PARESIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84870826599     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2012.01669.x     Document Type: Article

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