MEP-independent silent periods in hand muscles elicited by Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of the ventral premotor cortex: a non-invasive tool to explore premotor negative motor areas
Pier Paolo Berti, Guido Barchiesi, Mara Turri, Roberta Volpini, Giancarlo Caschera, Roberta Spano, Fabio Mariotti, Iolanda Galdi, Paolo Cipriano Cecchi, Andreas Schwarz, Francesco Sala, Christoph Johannes Griessenauer, Luigi Cattaneo
The paper demonstrates that MEP-independent silent periods can be elicited in hand muscles via TMS of the ventral premotor cortex, suggesting a method to study premotor negative motor areas.
Brain stimulation · Apr 20, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience