Headache: Migraine, magnetic stimulation and cortical excitability

Nature Reviews Neurology

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 425-427

  Lo, Yew L ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN PERFUSION; DISEASE CONTROL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL CORTEX;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 77956245145     PISSN: 17594758     EISSN: 17594766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneurol.2010.109     Document Type: Short Survey

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