Can we see the cerebellar activation effect by TMS over the back of the head?

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 120, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2006-2007

  Ugawa, Yoshikazu ^a  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; EDITORIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HEAD; HUMAN; MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HEAD; HUMANS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 70449708969     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2009.09.003     Document Type: Editorial

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