Corticospinal activity evoked and modulated by non-invasive stimulation of the intact human motor cortex

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 592, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 4115-4128

  Di Lazzaro, Vincenzo ^a,b   Rothwell, John C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b Institute for Cancer Research   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIAL; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84908570326     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2014.274316     Document Type: Article

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