In the INDC lab, transcranial magnetic stimulation is used to give magnetic pulses that interfere with communication between the brain and the muscles. Fernanda Torres, a member of the ABRAÇO initiative and PhD student in Physiology at UFRJ, talks about how this technique is being used to evaluate the differences between sensory input and motor output in patients with brachial plexus injury compared to those who do not have it.
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