Theta burst transcranial magnetic stimulation is associated with increased EEG synchronization in the stimulated relative to unstimulated cerebral hemisphere

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 436, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-34

  Schindler, Kaspar ^a   Nyffeler, Thomas ^b   Wiest, Roland ^c   Hauf, Martinus ^c   Mathis, Johannes ^a   Hess, Ch W ^a,b   Müri, René ^b  

^a Inselspital   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Clinical Research ^*  (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electroencephalogram; Synchronization; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR SYSTEM; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY SYSTEM; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 41949097847     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.02.052     Document Type: Article

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