Reproducibility of the effects of theta burst stimulation on motor cortical plasticity in healthy participants

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 320-326

  Vernet, Marine ^a   Bashir, Shahid ^a   Yoo, Woo Kyoung ^a   Oberman, Lindsay ^a   Mizrahi, Ilan ^a   Ifert Miller, Frederick ^a   Beck, Charles J ^a   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b University Institute affiliated with the Autonomous University of Barcelona   (Spain)

Author keywords

Neurophysiological markers; Primary motor cortex; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS THETA BURST STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL MARKERS; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VARIABILITY;

ADULT; AGED; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84892485189     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2013.07.004     Document Type: Article

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