Safety of rapid-rate transcranial magnetic stimulation: Heart rate and blood pressure changes

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Evoked Potentials

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 207-212

  Foerster, A ^a   Schmitz, J M ^a   Nouri, S ^a   Claus, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Repetitive stimulation; Safety; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0031149659     PISSN: 01685597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-5597(97)00016-6     Document Type: Article

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