Low frequency (0.5Hz) rTMS over the right (non-dominant) motor cortex does not affect ipsilateral hand performance in healthy humans

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 66, Issue 3 B, 2008, Pages 636-640

  Weiler, Fernanda ^a   Brandão, Pedro ^a   De Barros Filho, Jairo ^a   Uribe, Carlos Enrique ^a   Pessoa, Valdir Filgueiras ^a   Brasil Neto, Joaquim Pereira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Low frequency transcranial magnetic stimulation; M1; Primary motor cortex; Purdue Pegboard; rTMS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; HAND FUNCTION; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PURDUE PEGBOARD TEST; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 56049099342     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2008000500006     Document Type: Article

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