Electric and magnetic stimulation of human motor cortex: surface EMG and single motor unit responses.

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Published in J Physiol on May 01, 1989

Authors

B L Day1, D Dressler, A Maertens de Noordhout, C D Marsden, K Nakashima, J C Rothwell, P D Thompson

Author Affiliations

1: MRC Human Movement and Balance Unit, Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London.

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