Transcranial magnetic brain stimulation: a tool to investigate central motor pathways.

Rösler KM

doi:10.1152/physiologyonline.2001.16.6.297

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Transcranial magnetic brain stimulation: a tool to investigate central motor pathways.

Rösler KM Department of Neurology, University of Berne, Inselspital, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland.

2001-11-24

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News in physiological sciences : an international journal of physiology produced jointly by the International Union of Physiological Sciences and the American Physiological Society. - 2001

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English Transcranial magnetic stimulation allows the painless activation of cortical motor neurons and elicits responses in a wide range of muscles, termed “motor-evoked potentials.” Since its introduction in 1985, the technique has evolved as one of the most fruitful recent contributions to clinical neurophysiology.

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