Measurement of voluntary activation based on transcranial magnetic stimulation over the motor cortex

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 678-686

  Todd, Gabrielle ^a   Taylor, Janet L ^b,c   Gandevia, Simon C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Motor cortex; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Voluntary activation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; COGNITION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIAL; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLITION;

EID: 84988893973     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00293.2016     Document Type: Review

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