Clinical Neurophysiology
Volume 121, Issue 4 , Pages 464-473 , April 2010

The effects of motor cortex rTMS on corticospinal descending activity

  • V. Di Lazzaro

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Neurology, Università Cattolica, L.go A. Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 06 3015 4435; fax: +39 06 3550 1909.
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  • P. Profice

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Neurology, Università Cattolica, L.go A. Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, Italy
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  • F. Pilato

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Neurology, Università Cattolica, L.go A. Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, Italy
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  • M. Dileone

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Neurology, Università Cattolica, L.go A. Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, Italy
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  • A. Oliviero

      Affiliations

    • FENNSI Group, Hospital Nacional de Paraplejicos, SESCAM, Finca la Peraleda, 45071 Toledo, Spain
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  • U. Ziemann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Goethe-University, Schleusenweg 2-16, 60528 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

,Accepted 8 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2009.11.007

Clinical Neurophysiology
Volume 121, Issue 4 , Pages 464-473 , April 2010

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