On the estimation of silent period thresholds in transcranial magnetic stimulation

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 125, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2247-2252

  Kallioniemi, Elisa ^a,b   Säisänen, Laura ^a,b   Könönen, Mervi ^a   Awiszus, Friedemann ^c   Julkunen, Petro ^a,b  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Motor cortex; Neuronavigation; Silent period; Threshold curves; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTING MOTOR THRESHOLD; SILENT PERIOD THRESHOLD; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HAND; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REST; SKELETAL MUSCLE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REST; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927690239     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2014.03.012     Document Type: Article

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