Transcranial magnetic stimulation: A review

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 84-95

  Rossini, Paolo Maria ^a   Rossini, Luca ^b   Ferreri, Florinda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 77950654234     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MEMB.2009.935474     Document Type: Review

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