A real electro-magnetic placebo (REMP) device for sham transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 709-716

  Rossi, Simone ^a   Ferro, Marisa ^a   Cincotta, Massimo ^b   Ulivelli, Monica ^a   Bartalini, Sabina ^a   Miniussi, Carlo ^c,d   Giovannelli, Fabio ^b   Passero, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Neuromodulation; Placebo; rTMS; Sham coil; TMS

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL ELECTROMAGNETIC PLACEBO DEVICE; SCALP; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ELECTROMAGNETICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PLACEBOS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCALP; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 33846816893     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2006.11.005     Document Type: Article

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