Reply: evidence against volume conduction to explain normal MEPs in muscles with low motor power in SCI
D J Edwards1, M Cortes2, G W Thickbroom3
11] Non-invasive Brain Stimulation and Human Motor Control Laboratory, Departments of Neurology and Neuroscience, Burke Medical Research Institute, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, White Plains, NY, USA [2] Australian Neuro-muscular Research Institute and Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia [3] Berenson-Allen Center for Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Spinal Cord
|July 23, 2014
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