1 Hz repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the unaffected hemisphere ameliorates contralesional visuospatial neglect in humans

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 336, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 131-133

  Brighina, F ^a   Bisiach, E ^b   Oliveri, M ^a,c   Piazza, A ^a   La Bua, V ^a   Daniele, O ^a   Fierro, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cortical inhibition; Hemineglect; Low frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; Parietal cortex; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DRAWING; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NEGLECT; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TACHISTOSCOPY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0037448313     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)01283-1     Document Type: Article

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