A practical guide to diagnostic transcranial magnetic stimulation: report of an IFCN committee

…, PM Rossini, U Ziemann, J Valls-Solé… - 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 …

European Federation of Neurological Societies/Peripheral Nerve Society Guideline on the use of skin biopsy in the diagnosis of small fiber neuropathy. Report of a …

…, AG Smith, C Sommer, J VallsSolé - European journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Revision of the guidelines on the use of skin biopsy in the diagnosis of
peripheral neuropathy, published in 2005, has become appropriate owing to publication of …

Interaction between startle and voluntary reactions in humans

J Valls-Solé, H Kumru, M Kofler - Experimental brain research, 2008 - Springer
The startle reaction (SR) is usually understood as an involuntary reaction to an unexpected
sensory input. However, there is evidence that the mechanisms involved in the SR …

Responses to rapid-rate transcranial magnetic stimulation of the human motor cortex

A Pascual-Leone, J Valls-Solé, EM Wassermann… - Brain, 1994 - academic.oup.com
We applied trains of focal, rapid-rate transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) to the motor
cortex of 14 healthy volunteers with recording of the EMG from the contralateral abductor …

EFNS guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of primary dystonias

…, N Nardocci, A Newton, J VallsSolé - European Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives: To provide a revised version of earlier guidelines published in 2006.
Background: Primary dystonias are chronic and often disabling conditions with a …

Human motor evoked responses to paired transcranial magnetic stimuli

J Valls-Solé, A Pascual-Leone, EM Wassermann… - Electroencephalography …, 1992 - Elsevier
We studied the changes in motor pathway excitability induced by transcranial magnetic
stimulation of the motor cortex, using paired stimuli (conditioning and test stimulus) and …

Patterned ballistic movements triggered by a startle in healthy humans

J VallsSolé, JC Rothwell, F Goulart… - The Journal of …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
1 The reaction time to a visual stimulus shortens significantly when an unexpected acoustic
startle is delivered together with the 'go'signal in healthy human subjects. In this paper we …

Postexercise depression of motor evoked potentials: a measure of central nervous system fatigue

JP Brasil-Neto, A Pascual-Leone, J Valls-Solé… - Experimental Brain …, 1993 - Springer
Fatigue of voluntary muscular effort is a complex and multifaceted phenomenon. Fatigue of
peripheral nervous system components, including the contractile apparatus and the …

Interplay between persistent activity and activity-silent dynamics in the prefrontal cortex underlies serial biases in working memory

…, S Li, J Dalmau, KCS Adam, J Valls-Solé… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Persistent neuronal spiking has long been considered the mechanism underlying working
memory, but recent proposals argue for alternative 'activity-silent'substrates. Using monkey …

Abnormal facilitation of the response to transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with Parkinson's disease

J Valls-Solé, A Pascual-Leone, JP Brasil-Neto… - Neurology, 1994 - AAN Enterprises
We studied the facilitation of the motor evoked potential (MEP) elicited with transcranial
magnetic stimulation by increasing the stimulus intensity and the degree of voluntary …