Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the dominant hemisphere can disrupt visual naming in temporal lobe epilepsy patients

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 537-544

  Wassermann, E M ^a   Blaxton, T A ^c   Hoffman, E A ^c   Berry, C D ^a   Oletsky, H ^c   Pascual Leone, A ^b   Theodore, W H ^c  

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

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Brain mapping; Frontal lobe; Handedness; Hemispheric dominance; Language; Reading

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEFT HANDEDNESS; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; READING; RECALL; RESPONSE TIME; SCORING SYSTEM; SPEECH DISORDER; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; READING; SPEECH; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0032946778     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(98)00102-X     Document Type: Article

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