Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for tinnitus: A pilot study

Laryngoscope

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 529-534

  Smith, Jason A ^a   Mennemeier, Mark ^a   Bartel, Twyla ^a   Chelette, Kenneth C ^a   Kimbrell, Timothy ^b   Triggs, William ^c   Dornhoffer, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Imaging; Positron emission tomography computed tomography; Psychomotor vigilance task; rTMS; Tinnitus; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; HUMAN; MALE; PILOT STUDY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; TINNITUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TINNITUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947138886     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e31802f4154     Document Type: Article

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