Facilitatory effects of 1 Hz rTMS in motor cortex of patients affected by migraine with aura

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 34-38

  Brighina, Filippo ^a   Giglia, Giuseppe ^a   Scalia, Simona ^a   Francolini, Margherita ^a   Palermo, Antonio ^a   Fierro, Brigida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intracortical facilitation; Intracortical inhibition; Migraine with aura; Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTOR POLLICIS BREVIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MALE; MIGRAINE AURA; MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; MOTOR CORTEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 13744255983     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-004-2042-7     Document Type: Article

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