Transpinal and transcortical stimulation alter corticospinal excitability and increase spinal output

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Knikou, Maria ^a,b,c,d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORTICOSPINAL EXCITABILITY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR OUTPUT; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TRANSCORTICAL STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRANSPINAL EVOKED POTENTIAL; TRANSPINAL STIMULATION; ANKLE; BRAIN CORTEX; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANKLE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903973441     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102313     Document Type: Article

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