Biophysical determinants of transcranial magnetic stimulation: Effects of excitability and depth of targeted area

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 437-444

  Stokes, Mark G ^a   Barker, Anthony T ^b   Dervinis, Martynas ^c   Verbruggen, Frederick ^d   Maizey, Leah ^c   Adams, Rachel C ^c   Chambers, Christopher D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cortical excitability; Distance adjusted motor threshold; Motor threshold; Phosphene threshold; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation modeling; Transcranial magnetic stimulation safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CALIBRATION; ELECTRIC FIELD; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR CORTEX EXCITABILITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR THRESHOLD; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

ADULT; CALIBRATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR CORTEX; PHOSPHENES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84872416722     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00510.2012     Document Type: Article

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