Jc Rothwell

TL;DR: It is concluded that mixed or cutaneous input from the hand can suppress the excitability of the motor cortex at short latency, which may contribute to the initial inhibition of the cutaneomuscular reflex.

TL;DR: It is concluded that a small conditioning magnetic stimulus can suppress the excitability of human motor cortex, probably by activating local cortico-cortical inhibitory circuits.

TL;DR: A series of direct recordings of the corticospinal volley evoked by the different techniques of transcranial stimulation from the epidural space of conscious patients with chronically implanted spinal electrodes provide insights about the physiological basis of the excitatory and inhibitory phenomena produced by transcranials stimulation.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that, in conscious humans at threshold intensities, electric stimulation evokes D waves and magnetic stimulation (with a posterior-anterior induced current) evokes I waves, while magnetic stimulated with a latero-medial induced current evokes both activities.

TL;DR: The basic distribution and behaviour of electromyographic responses in limb muscles to anodal stimulation of the motor cortex in intact, awake human subjects is illustrated and the mechanisms that are responsible for these characteristics are examined.