How does transcranial magnetic stimulation modify neuronal activity in the brain? Implications for studies of cognition

Cortex

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1035-1042

  Siebner, Hartwig R ^a,b,c   Hartwigsen, Gesa ^b,c   Kassuba, Tanja ^b,c   Rothwell, John C ^d  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c NeuroImage Nord   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Cortex; Physiology; State dependency; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; ELECTRIC FIELD; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ACTION POTENTIALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 68049130956     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2009.02.007     Document Type: Article

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