Causal evidence that intrinsic beta-frequency is relevant for enhanced signal propagation in the motor system as shown through rhythmic TMS

NeuroImage

Volumn 126, Issue , 2016, Pages 120-130

  Romei, Vincenzo ^a,b,c   Bauer, Markus ^a,b,d   Brooks, Joseph L ^b,e   Economides, Marcos ^a   Penny, Will ^a   Thut, Gregor ^f   Driver, Jon ^a,b   Bestmann, Sven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HAND; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BETA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949293139     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.11.020     Document Type: Article

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