BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 3, Issue 3 , Pages 153-160 , July 2010

Supramaximal responses can be elicited in hand muscles by magnetic stimulation of the cervical motor roots

  • Lumine Matsumoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Ritsuko Hanajima

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Hideyuki Matsumoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Shinya Ohminami

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Yasuo Terao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Yasuo Terao, Department of Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 113-8655.
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  • Shoji Tsuji

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Yoshikazu Ugawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    • Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan

Received 28 January 2009 ,Revised 20 September 2009 ,Accepted 27 September 2009.

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 Part of this work was supported by Research Project Grants-in-aid for Scientific Research No. 16500194 from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan, grants for the Research Committee on rTMS treatment of movement disorders from the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare of Japan (17231401), grants from the Research Committee on Dystonia of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare of Japan, and grants from the Committee for the Study of Human Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields (EMF) and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.

PII: S1935-861X(09)00100-4

doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2009.09.001

BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 3, Issue 3 , Pages 153-160 , July 2010

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