Hyperexcitability of parietal-motor functional connections in the intact left-hemisphere of patients with neglect

Brain

Volumn 131, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3147-3155

  Koch, Giacomo ^a,b   Oliveri, Massimiliano ^a,c   Cheeran, Binith ^d   Ruge, Diane ^d   Gerfo, Emanuele Lo ^a   Salerno, Silvia ^a   Torriero, Sara ^a   Marconi, Barbara ^a   Mori, Francesco ^b   Driver, Jon ^e   Rothwell, John C ^d   Caltagirone, Carlo ^a,b  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Cortical excitability; Neglect syndrome; Parietal cortex; rTMS; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEGLECT; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PARIETAL LOBE; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 58149133770     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awn273     Document Type: Article

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