Transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with transient ischemic attacks

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 229-234

  Wong, Wen Jang ^a,b   Chen, Jen Tse ^a,b,c   Kao, Chuen Der ^a,b,d   Shan, Din E ^a,b   Lin, Yung Yang ^a,b   Hu, Han Hwa ^a,b   Wu, Zin An ^a,b   Liao, Kwong Kum ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CATHAY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d Puli Veterans Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cortical motor threshold; Cortical silent period; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Transient ischemic attacks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4043101978     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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