One-Hertz transcranial magnetic stimulation over the frontal eye field induces lasting inhibition of saccade triggering

NeuroReport

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 273-275

  Nyffeler, Thomas ^a   Wurtz, Pascal ^a   Pflugshaupt, Tobias ^a   Von Wartburg, Roman ^a   Lüthi, Mathias ^a   Hess, Christian W ^a   Müri, René M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Human; Low frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; Oculomotor behaviour; Saccades

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 33644553144     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wnr.0000199468.39659.bf     Document Type: Article

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