Three-dimensional distribution of the electric field induced in the brain by transcranial magnetic stimulation using figure-8 and deep H-coils

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-38

  Roth, Yiftach ^a   Amir, Alon ^b   Levkovitz, Yechiel ^c   Zangen, Abraham ^b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Electrical field distribution; Magnetic coil; Motor threshold; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; FRONTAL CORTEX; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

BRAIN; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 33846815261     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e31802fa393     Document Type: Article

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