Treatment of hemispatial neglect by means of rTMS - A review

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 499-510

  Cazzoli, Dario ^a   Müri, René M ^a   Hess, Christian W ^a   Nyffeler, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

experimental therapy; Hemispatial neglect; interhemispheric balance; repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; Theta Burst Stimulation; visuospatial attention

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ASYMMETRY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY; HEMISPATIAL NEGLECT; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPETITIVE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; REVIEW; THETA BURST STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; PARIETAL LOBE; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 77956239133     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/RNN-2010-0560     Document Type: Review

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