TMS for ALS: Why and why not

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1237-1238

  Ziemann, Ulf ^a   Eisen, Andrew ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Neuroprotection; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; EPILEPSY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; MAGNETICS;

EID: 2342446552     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2004.02.008     Document Type: Editorial

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