Transcranial brain stimulation: Clinical applications and future directions

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 233-251

  Najib, Umer ^a   Bashir, Shahid ^a   Edwards, Dylan ^a,b   Rotenberg, Alexander ^a,c   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^a,d  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BURKE MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brain mapping; Functional neuroimaging; Transcranial brain stimulation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MAPPING; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTRONEUROLOGY; EPILEPSY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMODULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SAFETY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 79952853770     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2011.01.002     Document Type: Review

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