Abstract:
:Motor unit action potentials (MUAPs) evoked by repetitive, low-intensity transcranial magnetic stimulation can be modeled as a Poisson process. A mathematical consequence of such a model is that the ratio of the variance to the mean of the amplitudes of motor evoked potentials (MEPs) should provide an estimate of the mean size of the individual MUAPs that summate to generate each MEP. We found that this is, in fact, the case. Our finding thus supports the use of the Poisson distribution to model MEP generation and indicates that this model enables characterization of the motor unit population that contributes to near-threshold MEPs.
journal_name
Muscle Nervejournal_title
Muscle & nerveauthors
Kaelin-Lang A,Conforto AB,Z'Graggen W,Hess CWdoi
10.1002/mus.21818subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2010-11-01 00:00:00pages
825-8issue
5eissn
0148-639Xissn
1097-4598journal_volume
42pub_type
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