Effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on spike-and-wave discharges

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 140-142

  Conte, Antonella ^a,b   Gilio, Francesca ^a,b   Iacovelli, Elisa ^a   Bettolo, Chiara Marini ^a   Di Bonaventura, Carlo ^a   Frasca, Vittorio ^a   Carbone, Antonio ^a   Prencipe, Massimiliano ^a   Berardelli, Alfredo ^a,b   Inghilleri, Maurizio ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Absence seizures; Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; Spike and wave discharges

Indexed keywords

VALPROIC ACID;

ABSENCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; PETIT MAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SPIKE WAVE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; HUMANS; MALE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 33846043122     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2006.09.015     Document Type: Article

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