Baseline cortical excitability determines whether TMS disrupts or facilitates behavior

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2725-2730

  Silvanto, Juha ^a   Cattaneo, Zaira ^a,b   Battelli, Lorella ^a   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOTOR CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 47049087627     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01392.2007     Document Type: Article

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