Paired pulse TMS over the right posterior parietal cortex modulates visuospatial perception

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 247, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 144-148

  Fierro, Brigida ^a   Brighina, Filippo ^a   Giglia, Giuseppe ^a   Palermo, Antonio ^a   Francolini, Margherita ^a   Scalia, Simona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Extinction; Intracortical facilitation; Intracortical inhibition; Neglect; Paired TMS; Visuospatial attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 33748203698     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2006.04.006     Document Type: Article

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