Controversy: Does repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation/ transcranial direct current stimulation show efficacy in treating tinnitus patients?

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 192-205

  Langguth, Berthold ^a   de Ridder, Dirk ^b   Dornhoffer, John L ^c   Eichhammer, Peter ^a   Folmer, Robert L ^d   Frank, Elmar ^a   Fregni, Felipe ^e   Gerloff, Christian ^f   Khedr, Eman ^g   Kleinjung, Tobias ^a   Landgrebe, Michael ^a   Lee, Scott ^h   Lefaucheur, Jean Pascal ⁱ   Londero, Alain ^j   Marcondes, Renata ^k   Moller, Aage R ^l   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^e   Plewnia, Christian ^m   Rossi, Simone ⁿ   Sanchez, Tanit ^k   Sand, Philipp ^a   Schlee, Winfried ^o   Steffens, Thomas ^g   van de Heyning, Paul ^b   Hajak, Goeran ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR REHABILITATIVE AUDITORY RESEARCH   (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^g Assiut University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

^h ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

ⁱ HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^j HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^k UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^l UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^o UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

auditory cortex; functional imaging; neuromodulation; neuronavigation; neuroplasticity; tinnitus; transcranial direct current stimulation; transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; LIDOCAINE; WATER;

AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARIETAL LOBE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TINNITUS; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; ADULT; DEVICES; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TINNITUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49649085850     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2008.06.003     Document Type: Review

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