Visual cortex excitability in migraine with and without aura

Headache

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 565-572

  Mulleners, Wim M ^a   Chronicle, Edward P ^b   Palmer, Joanne E ^b   Koehler, Peter J ^a   Vredeveld, Jan Willem ^a  

^a Sittard Geleen Heerlen   (Netherlands)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hyperexcitability; Magnetic stimulation; Migraine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRAINE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; PHOSPHENES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0034936673     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.2001.041006565.x     Document Type: Article

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