Repetitive TMS of the somatosensory cortex improves writer's cramp and enhances cortical activity

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-86

  Havrankova, Petra ^a   Jech, Robert ^a   Walker, Nolan D ^a   Operto, Gregory ^b   Tauchmanova, Jana ^c   Vymazal, Josef ^a,d   Dusek, Petr ^a   Hromcik, Martin ^c   Ruzicka, Evzen ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^d NA HOMOLCE HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

DCM; Dynamic causal modeling; fMRI; Focal dystonia; Functional imaging; Graphospasm; rTMS; Somatosensory cortex; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Writer's cramp

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAND MOVEMENT; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; MALE; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PILOT STUDY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; WRITER'S CRAMP; WRITING;

EID: 77749330123     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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