Subthreshold rTMS over pre-motor cortex has no effect on tics in patients with Gilles de la Tourette syndrome

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 764-768

  Orth, M ^a,b   Kirby, R ^a   Richardson, M P ^b   Snijders, A H ^a   Rothwell, J C ^a   Trimble, M R ^b   Robertson, M M ^b,c   Munchau A ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gilles de la Tourette syndrome; Pre motor cortex; tic treatment; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR CORTEX; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; TIC; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 15944415465     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2004.10.003     Document Type: Article

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