BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 87-94 , April 2010

Navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation does not decrease the variability of motor-evoked potentials

  • Nikolai H. Jung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropaediatrics and Muscular Disorders, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany
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  • Igor Delvendahl

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropaediatrics and Muscular Disorders, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany
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  • Nicola G. Kuhnke

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropaediatrics and Muscular Disorders, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Dieter Hauschke

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Biometry and Medical Informatics, University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany
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  • Sabine Stolle

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropaediatrics and Muscular Disorders, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany
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  • Volker Mall

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropaediatrics and Muscular Disorders, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Prof. Dr. med. Volker Mall, Division of Neuropaediatrics and Muscular Disorders, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany.

Received 6 July 2009 ,Revised 7 October 2009 ,Accepted 7 October 2009.

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 The study was funded by the German Research Council (DFG, MA 3306/1-1).

PII: S1935-861X(09)00107-7

doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2009.10.003

BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 87-94 , April 2010

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