Antiepileptic effects of low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation by different stimulation durations and locations

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 702-708

  Joo, Eun Yeon ^a,b   Han, Sun Jung ^a   Chung, So Hee ^a   Cho, Jae Wook ^a   Seo, Dae Won ^a   Hong, Seung Bong ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Interictal spike; Seizure outcome; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, PARTIAL, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846781139     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2006.11.008     Document Type: Article

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