Modulating cerebello-thalamocortical pathways by neuronavigated cerebellar repetitive transcranial stimulation (rTMS)

Neurophysiologie Clinique

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 289-295

  Langguth, B ^a   Eichhammer, P ^a   Zowe, M ^a   Landgrebe, M ^a   Binder, H ^b   Sand, P ^a   Hajak, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebello thalamocortical circuit; Cerebellum; Cortical excitability; Paired pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation; Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; THALAMUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54549115154     PISSN: 09877053     EISSN: 17697131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neucli.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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