An age-related change in the ipsilateral silent period of a small hand muscle

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 346-353

  Petitjean, Michel ^a,b   Ko, Julie Yeung Lam ^a,b  

^a AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

Author keywords

Ageing; Ipsilateral silent period; Motor cortex; Transcallosal inhibition; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84872413826     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2012.07.006     Document Type: Article

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