High-frequency priming stimulation does not enhance the effect of low-frequency rTMS in the treatment of tinnitus

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 184, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 587-591

  Langguth, Berthold ^a   Kleinjung, Tobias ^a   Frank, Elmar ^a   Landgrebe, Michael ^a   Sand, Philipp ^a   Dvorakova, Jana ^a,b   Frick, Ulrich ^c   Eichhammer, Peter ^a   Hajak, Göran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c CARINTHIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Hyperexcitability disorder; Long term depression; Neuroplasticity; Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE STIMULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TINNITUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM SYNAPTIC DEPRESSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TINNITUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38649106417     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-007-1228-1     Document Type: Article

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