Transcranial magnetic stimulation for drug-resistant epilepsies: Rationale and clinical experience

European Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 205-210

  Kimiskidis, Vasilios K ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Drug resistant epilepsies; Epilepsy; Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MOTOR CORTEX; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; POLYPHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; EPILEPSY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 76249105595     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000282735     Document Type: Review

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