ArticleFrontiers in physiology2017
Primary Motor Cortex Excitability in Karate Athletes: A Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Study.
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Effects of Paired Associative Stimulation on Cortical Plasticity in Agonist-Antagonist Muscle Representations.Brain sciences · 2023Article
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- Changes in Corticospinal Circuits During Premovement Facilitation in Physiological Conditions.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2021Article
- Walking Training Enhances Corticospinal Excitability in Progressive Multiple Sclerosis-A Pilot Study.Frontiers in neurology · 2020Article
- Relationship between body mass and clinical response to repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for major depressive disorder.Mental illness · 2019Article
- Acute Low-Intensity Aerobic Exercise Modulates Intracortical Inhibitory and Excitatory Circuits in an Exercised and a Non-exercised Muscle in the Primary Motor Cortex.Frontiers in physiology · 2019Article
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Authors and funding
20 authors at 9 institutions in 3 countries.
Vincenzo MondaDepartment of Experimental Medicine, Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"Naples, Italy.
Anna ValenzanoDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of FoggiaFoggia, Italy.
Fiorenzo MoscatelliDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of FoggiaFoggia, Italy.
Monica SalernoDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of FoggiaFoggia, Italy.
Francesco SessaDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of FoggiaFoggia, Italy.
Antonio I TriggianiDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of FoggiaFoggia, Italy.
Andrea ViggianoDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, University of SalernoSalerno, Italy.
Laura CapranicaDepartment of Motor, Human and Health Science, University of Rome, "Foro Italico"Rome, Italy.
Gabriella MarsalaStruttura Complessa di Farmacia, Azienda Ospedaliero-UniversitariaFoggia, Italy.
Vincenzo De LucaDepartment of Psychiatry, University of TorontoToronto, ON, Canada.
Luigi CipolloniDepartment of Anatomical, Histological, Forensic and Orthopaedic Sciences, Università degli Studi di Roma La SapienzaRome, Italy.
Maria RubertoDepartment of Medical-Surgical and Dental Specialties, Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"Naples, Italy.
Francesco PrecenzanoDepartment of Mental Health, Physical and Preventive Medicine, Clinic of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"Naples, Italy.
Marco CarotenutoDepartment of Mental Health, Physical and Preventive Medicine, Clinic of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"Naples, Italy.
Christian ZammitAnatomy Department, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of MaltaMsida, Malta.
Monica GelzoDepartment of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico IINaples, Italy.
Marcellino MondaDepartment of Experimental Medicine, Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"Naples, Italy.
Giuseppe CibelliDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of FoggiaFoggia, Italy.
Giovanni MessinaDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of FoggiaFoggia, Italy.
Antonietta MessinaDepartment of Experimental Medicine, Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"Naples, Italy.
University of Foggia · ITUniversity of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" · ITForo Italico University of Rome · ITOspedali Riuniti di Foggia · ITSapienza University of Rome · ITUniversity of Malta · MTUniversity of Naples Federico II · ITUniversity of Salerno · ITUniversity of Toronto · CA
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cortical excitabilitymotor evoked potentialmotor thresholdneural plasticitytranscranial magnetic stimulation
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