The contribution of transcranial magnetic stimulation in the functional evaluation of microcircuits in human motor cortex

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volumn , Issue JAN, 2013, Pages

  Di Lazzaro, Vincenzo ^a,b   Ziemann, Ulf ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b Institute for Cancer Research   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REVIEW; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84873179382     PISSN: 16625110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2013.00018     Document Type: Review

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