Elucidating the mechanisms and loci of neuronal excitation by transcranial magnetic stimulation using a finite element model of a cortical sulcus

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2405-2413

  Silva, S ^a   Basser, P J ^b   Miranda, P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Activating function; FEM; Heterogeneity; Model; Neuronal stimulation; Threshold; TMS; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN TISSUE; COMPUTER MODEL; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE FIBER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 52949147779     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2008.07.248     Document Type: Article

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