Transcranial magnetic stimulation in children

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 973-984

  Garvey, Marjorie A ^a   Mall, Volker ^b  

^a NATIONAL REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Developmental disorders; Maturation; Motor cortex function; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

AGING; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN MATURATION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR SYSTEM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE INJURY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; TISSUE REPAIR; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VALIDITY;

BRAIN; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 41449116573     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2007.11.048     Document Type: Review

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