BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 4, Issue 1 , Pages 50-57 , January 2011

Fast estimation of transcranial magnetic stimulation motor threshold

  • Feng Qi

      Affiliations

    • Neuroscience, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
    • ,
  • Allan D. Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
    • ,
  • Nicolas Schweighofer

      Affiliations

    • Neuroscience, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
    • Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Nicolas Schweighofer, Neuroscience, University of Southern California, 1540 E. Alcazar, Los Angeles, CA 90089

Received 17 October 2009 ,Revised 7 June 2010 ,Accepted 7 June 2010.

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 This work was in part supported by National Science Foundation grant IIS 0535282 to NS.

PII: S1935-861X(10)00060-4

doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2010.06.002

BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 4, Issue 1 , Pages 50-57 , January 2011

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