Suppression of vibrotactile discrimination by transcranial magnetic stimulation of primary somatosensory cortex

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1007-1010

  Morley, J W ^a,b   Vickery, R M ^b   Stuart, M ^c   Turman, A B ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flutter; SI; SII; Somatosensory; Tactile; TMS; Vibration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TOUCH; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VIBRATION; VIBROTACTILE DISCRIMINATION;

ADULT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VIBRATION;

EID: 34547966124     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05729.x     Document Type: Article

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