Paradoxical facilitation of attention in healthy humans

Behavioural Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 159-162

  Fecteau, Shirley ^b   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^b   Théoret, Hugo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; NEUROMODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 33751381758     PISSN: 09534180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2006/632141     Document Type: Article

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