Combining transcranial magnetic stimulation and functional imaging in cognitive brain research: Possibilities and limitations

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-56

  Sack, Alexander T ^a,b   Linden, David E J ^a,c  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain behavior relationship; Cognition; Functional imaging; Methods in neuroscience; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Vision

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTATION; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0141742131     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0173(03)00191-7     Document Type: Review

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