Use of transcranial magnetic stimulation of the brain in stroke rehabilitation

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 249-258

  Profice, Paolo ^a   Pilato, Fabio ^a   Dileone, Michele ^a   Ranieri, Federico ^a   Capone, Fioravante ^a   Musumeci, Gabriella ^a   Tonali, Pietro A ^a   Di Lazzaro, Vincenzo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Functional recovery; Motor cortex; Plasticity; rTMS; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXCITABILITY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STROKE; TECHNIQUE;

BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947287833     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737175.7.3.249     Document Type: Review

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