Interhemispheric Transfer in Alexithymia: A Transcallosal Inhibition Study

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 117-123

  Grabe, Hans Joergen ^a   Möller, Bertram ^a   Willert, Carsten ^b   Spitzer, Carsten ^a   Rizos, Tim ^a   Freyberger, Harald Juergen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b Neurological Rehabilitation Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Interhemispheric transfer; Right hemispheric dysfunction; Transcallosal conduction time; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 1242351643     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000075543     Document Type: Article

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