Low-frequency rTMS over lateral premotor cortex induces lasting changes in regional activation and functional coupling of cortical motor areas

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1628-1637

  Chen, Wei Hung ^a,b   Mima, Tatsuya ^b   Siebner, Hartwig R ^b,c   Oga, Tatsuhide ^b   Hara, Hidemi ^b   Satow, Takeshi ^b   Begum, Tahamina ^b   Nagamine, Takashi ^b   Shibasaki, Hiroshi ^b  

^a SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coherence; EEG power spectrum; Functional reorganization; Motor cortex excitability; Premotor cortex; Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0042426094     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(03)00063-4     Document Type: Article

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