BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 77-83 , April 2011

A model of the contribution of late I-waves to α-motoneuronal activation: implications for paired-pulse TMS

  • Gary W. Thickbroom

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Gary W. Thickbroom, Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders, M518, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia, 6009.

Received 22 December 2009 ,Revised 3 March 2010 ,Accepted 9 March 2010.

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 The study was supported by the Neuromuscular Fund of Western Australia and the Western Australia Neurotrauma program.

PII: S1935-861X(10)00056-2

doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2010.04.002

BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 77-83 , April 2011

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