Lack of effects of low frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on alpha rhythm phase synchronization in migraine patients

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 488, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 143-147

  De Tommaso, Marina ^a   Stramaglia, Sebastiano ^a   Brighina, Filippo ^b   Fierro, Brigida ^b   Francesco, Vito Devito ^a   Todarello, Orlando ^a   Serpino, Claudia ^a   Pellicoro, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

EEG synchronization; Migraine; Visual cortex excitability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRAINE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; BRAIN; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650700430     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.11.017     Document Type: Article

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