Transcranial magnetic stimulation: Its current role in epilepsy research

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-30

  Ziemann, U ^a,b   Steinhoff, B J ^a   Tergau, F ^a   Paulus, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Epilepsy; Mode of action; Motor cortex excitability; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BACLOFEN; CARBAMAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; LORAZEPAM; LOSIGAMONE; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; EPILEPSY; FACILITATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE EXCITABILITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROMAGNETICS; EPILEPSY; HUMANS;

EID: 0031937558     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(97)00079-X     Document Type: Article

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