Cortical excitability and transcallosal inhibition in chronic tinnitus: Transcranial magnetic study

Neurophysiologie Clinique

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 243-248

  Khedr, E M ^b   Rothwell, J C ^a   Ahmed, M A ^a   Awad, E M ^b   Galal, O ^b  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Chronic tinnitus; Cortical excitability; Transcallosal inhibition; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TINNITUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SYNAPSES; TINNITUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 50949101340     PISSN: 09877053     EISSN: 17697131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neucli.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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