The effect of transcranial magnetic stimulation over the cerebellum on the synkinesis of coordinated eye and head movements

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 213, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 35-45

  Nagel, M ^a   Zangemeister, W H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Coordinated eye and head movements; Decreased saccadic latency; Eye head latencies; Increased saccadic velocity; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAZE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SYNKINESIS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISION TEST; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

EID: 0038165805     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(03)00145-X     Document Type: Article

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