Magnetic transcranial stimulation in healthy humans: influence on the behavior of upper limb motor units

PM Rossini, MD Caramia, C Iani, MT Desiato… - Brain research, 1995 - Elsevier
Aim of the study was to analyze the characteristics of motor action potentials recruitment
during magnetic trans-cranial stimulation (TCS) of the brain. Coaxial needle recordings from …

Electric vs magnetic trans-cranial stimulation of the brain in healthy humans: a comparative study of central motor tracts 'conductivity'and 'excitability'

MD Caramia, AM Pardal, F Zarola, PM Rossini - Brain research, 1989 - Elsevier
Motor evoked potentials (MEPs) were elicited in the thenar muscles of 11 healthy volunteers
via individual electric unifocal and magnetic trans-cranial stimuli (TCS). The effects of TCS …

Callosal effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS): the influence of gender and stimulus parameters

L De Gennaro, M Bertini, F Pauri, R Cristiani… - Neuroscience …, 2004 - Elsevier
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) of the motor cortex of one hemisphere
(conditioning stimulus, CS) inhibits EMG responses evoked in distal hand muscles by a …

Transcranial magnetic and electrical stimulation compared: does TES activate intracortical neuronal circuits?

J Brocke, K Irlbacher, B Hauptmann, M Voss… - Clinical …, 2005 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether, and under which conditions, transcranial electrical
stimulation (TES) and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) can activate similar neuronal …

Transcranial magnetic stimulation: specific and non-specific facilitation of magnetic motor evoked potentials

A Hufnagel, M Jaeger, CE Elger - Journal of neurology, 1990 - Springer
Different physiological mechanisms of facilitation of latencies and amplitudes of magnetic
motor evoked potentials (MEPs) were evaluated in a cohort of 140 healthy volunteers. The …

Effects of low-frequency transcranial magnetic stimulation on motor excitability and basic motor behavior

W Muellbacher, U Ziemann, B Boroojerdi… - Clinical neurophysiology, 2000 - Elsevier
Objective: To explore effects of low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation
(rTMS) of the primary motor cortex (M1) on motor excitability and basic motor behavior in …

Different patterns of excitation and inhibition of the small hand and forearm muscles from magnetic brain stimulation in humans

L Wu, Y Goto, T Taniwaki, N Kinukawa… - Clinical …, 2002 - Elsevier
Objectives: The objective of the present study is to quantify the effects of voluntary muscle
contraction of the small hand (abductor pollicis brevis, first dorsal interosseus (FDI)) and …

Modulation of input–output curves by low and high frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the motor cortex

M Gangitano, A Valero-Cabré, JM Tormos… - Clinical …, 2002 - Elsevier
Objectives: Exploring the modulatory effects of different frequencies of repetitive transcranial
magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on the excitability of the motor cortex as measured by the input …

Responses to rapid-rate transcranial magnetic stimulation of the human motor cortex

A Pascual-Leone, J Valls-Solé, EM Wassermann… - Brain, 1994 - academic.oup.com
We applied trains of focal, rapid-rate transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) to the motor
cortex of 14 healthy volunteers with recording of the EMG from the contralateral abductor …

Physical interactions between induced electrical fields can have substantial effects on neuronal excitation during simultaneous TMS of two brain areas

M Cincotta, A Borgheresi, P Jung, F Balestrieri… - Clinical …, 2005 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To analyse the interactions between simultaneous or nearly simultaneous focal
transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) of the motor cortex hand area (M1hand) of both …