Combined effect of motor imagery and peripheral nerve electrical stimulation on the motor cortex

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 227, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 333-342

  Saito, Kei ^a,b   Yamaguchi, Tomofumi ^c,d   Yoshida, Naoshin ^b,e   Tanabe, Shigeo ^f   Kondo, Kunitsugu ^a   Sugawara, Kenichi ^b  

^a Tokyo Bay Rehabilitation Hospital   (Japan)

^b KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY OF HUMAN SERVICES   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^e YOKOSUKA KYOSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Excitability of the corticospinal tract; Motor imagery; Peripheral nerve electrical stimulation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; THENAR;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 84878788416     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-013-3513-5     Document Type: Article

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