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Gary Thickbroom

cornell medical college
Verified email at med.cornell.edu
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A practical guide to diagnostic transcranial magnetic stimulation: report of an IFCN committee

…, A Kaelin-Lang, T Mima, S Rossi, GW Thickbroom… - Clinical …, 2012 - Elsevier
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is an established neurophysiological tool to examine
the integrity of the fast-conducting corticomotor pathways in a wide range of diseases …

Transcranial magnetic stimulation and synaptic plasticity: experimental framework and human models

GW Thickbroom - Experimental brain research, 2007 - Springer
Interest in the therapeutic potential of non-invasive human brain stimulation has been boosted
by an improved understanding of the mechanisms of synaptic plasticity and the stimulus …

The muscle silent period following transcranial magnetic cortical stimulation

SA Wilson, RJ Lockwood, GW Thickbroom… - Journal of the …, 1993 - Elsevier
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) of the motor cortex during tonic muscle contraction
produces a motor evoked potential followed by a silent period in the electromyogram. We …

Transcranial magnetic stimulation mapping of the motor cortex in normal subjects: the representation of two intrinsic hand muscles

SA Wilson, GW Thickbroom, FL Mastaglia - Journal of the neurological …, 1993 - Elsevier
The TMS-mapped representations of two intrinsic hand muscles, abductor pollicis brevis (APB)
and abductor digiti minimi (ADM), were quantified using a transcranial magnetic …

Functional reorganisation of the corticomotor projection to the hand in skilled racquet players

AJ Pearce, GW Thickbroom, ML Byrnes… - Experimental brain …, 2000 - Springer
While it is known that relatively rapid changes in functional representation may occur in the
human sensorimotor cortex in short-term motor-learning studies, there have been few studies …

The corticomotor representation of upper limb muscles in writer's cramp and changes following botulinum toxin injection.

ML Byrnes, GW Thickbroom, SA Wilson… - Brain: a journal of …, 1998 - academic.oup.com
Transcranial magnetic stimulation was used to investigate the properties of the corticomotor
pathway and to map the primary motor cortex projection to hand and forearm muscles during …

Perception of comfort during transcranial DC stimulation: effect of NaCl solution concentration applied to sponge electrodes

JE Dundas, GW Thickbroom, FL Mastaglia - Clinical Neurophysiology, 2007 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between perception of comfort and electrolyte
concentration and applied voltage during transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS). …

Isometric force-related activity in sensorimotor cortex measured with functional MRI

GW Thickbroom, BA Phillips, I Morris… - Experimental brain …, 1998 - Springer
Isometric force-related functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) signals from primary
sensorimotor cortex were investigated by imaging during a sustained finger flexion task at a …

Raised corticomotor excitability of M1 forearm area following anodal tDCS is sustained during robotic wrist therapy in chronic stroke

…, A Rykman, J Zipse, GW Thickbroom… - Restorative …, 2009 - content.iospress.com
Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) can transiently increase corticomotor
excitability of intrinsic hand muscles and improve upper limb function in patients with chronic …

Repetitive paired-pulse TMS at I-wave periodicity markedly increases corticospinal excitability: a new technique for modulating synaptic plasticity

GW Thickbroom, ML Byrnes, DJ Edwards… - Clinical …, 2006 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: We hypothesised that facilitatory I-wave interaction set up by paired-pulse
transcranial magnetic stimulation delivered with I-wave periodicity (iTMS) may reinforce trans-…