Changing cortical excitability with low-frequency transcranial magnetic stimulation can induce sustained disruption of tactile perception

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 175-179

  Knecht, Stefan ^a   Ellger, Tanja ^a   Breitenstein, Caterina ^a   Ringelstein, Erich Bernd ^a   Henningsen, Henning ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortical excitability; Somatosensory; Tactile; TMS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MALE; MOTOR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; TIME; TOUCH;

EID: 0037439296     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006322302013823     Document Type: Article

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