Transient tinnitus suppression induced by repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation and transcranial direct current stimulation

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 996-1001

  Fregni, F ^a   Marcondes, R ^b   Boggio, P S ^b   Marcolin, M A ^b   Rigonatti, S P ^b   Sanchez, T G ^b   Nitsche, M A ^c   Pascual Leone, A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Tinnitus; Transcranial direct current stimulation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECT CURRENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TINNITUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARIETAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TINNITUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 33747863927     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2006.01414.x     Document Type: Article

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