Safety of rTMS to non-motor cortical areas in healthy participants and patients

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 455-471

  Machii, Katsuyuki ^a   Cohen, Daniel ^a   Ramos Estebanez, Ciro ^a   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse effect; Non motor areas; rTMS; Safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SAFETY; SEIZURE; SYMPTOM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 32444434693     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2005.10.014     Document Type: Article

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